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CEGL005575 Tsuga heterophylla - Pseudotsuga menziesii - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium parvifolium / Achlys triphylla Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western Hemlock - Douglas-fir - Pacific Silver Fir / Red Huckleberry / Sweet After Death 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
note: No Data Available
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: CA,US
States/Provinces: BC, CA?, OR, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.942471
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
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Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
Formation | 1.B.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
Division | 1.B.2.Nd Vancouverian Forest & Woodland Division | D192 | 1.B.2.Nd |
Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Nd.3 Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce - Redwood Rainforest Macrogroup | M024 | 1.B.2.Nd.3 |
Group | 1.B.2.Nd.3.c Douglas-fir - Western Hemlock / Salal Rainforest Group | G240 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.c |
Alliance | A3377 Western Hemlock - Douglas-fir / Salmonberry Mesic Forest Alliance | A3377 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.c |
Association | CEGL005575 Western Hemlock - Douglas-fir - Pacific Silver Fir / Red Huckleberry / Sweet After Death Forest | CEGL005575 | 1.B.2.Nd.3.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: > Picea sitchensis/Blechnum spicant-Polystichum munitum Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
> Picea sitchensis/Blechnum spicant/Polystichum munitum-Olympics (Bigley and Hull 1995)
? Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum - Berberis nervosa (Henderson et al. 1992)
? Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum - Gaultheria shallon (Henderson et al. 1992)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum - Oxalis oregana (Henderson et al. 1989)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum (Kagan et al. 2004)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum (Topik et al. 1986)
= Tsuga heterophylla-Pseudotsuga menziesii-Abies amabilis/Vaccinium parvifolium/Achlys triphylla (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_262]
> Tsuga heterophylla/Blechnum spicant-Montia siberica Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
> Tsuga heterophylla/Menziesia ferruginea-Blechnum spicant Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
> Tsuga heterophylla/Polystichum munitum Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
= CWH vm 2 /04 (Green and Klinka 1994)
< Western hemlock / swordfern (TSHE/POMU) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
> Picea sitchensis/Blechnum spicant/Polystichum munitum-Olympics (Bigley and Hull 1995)
? Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum - Berberis nervosa (Henderson et al. 1992)
? Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum - Gaultheria shallon (Henderson et al. 1992)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum - Oxalis oregana (Henderson et al. 1989)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum (Kagan et al. 2004)
< Tsuga heterophylla / Polystichum munitum (Topik et al. 1986)
= Tsuga heterophylla-Pseudotsuga menziesii-Abies amabilis/Vaccinium parvifolium/Achlys triphylla (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_262]
> Tsuga heterophylla/Blechnum spicant-Montia siberica Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
> Tsuga heterophylla/Menziesia ferruginea-Blechnum spicant Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
> Tsuga heterophylla/Polystichum munitum Association (Bigley and Hull 1995)
= CWH vm 2 /04 (Green and Klinka 1994)
< Western hemlock / swordfern (TSHE/POMU) (Hemstrom and Logan 1986)
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