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CEGL005569 Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Oxalis oregana Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western Hemlock - Pacific Silver Fir - Douglas-fir / Redwood Sorrel Forest

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  OR, WA




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNR

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: < Abies amabilis / Oxalis oregana (Henderson et al. 1989)
< Abies amabilis / Oxalis oregana (Kagan et al. 2004)
= Tsuga heterophylla-Abies amabilis-Pseudotsuga menziesii/Oxalis oregana (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_247]
< Pacific silver fir / oxalis (ABAM/OXOR) (Hemstrom et al. 1982)

Concept Author(s): Meidinger et al. (2005)

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

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