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CEGL007383 Tsuga mertensiana / Luzula glabrata Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mountain Hemlock / Smooth Woodrush 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: The former broader Tsuga mertensiana / Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii Forest (CEGL000505) was archived and split into two types: this Rocky Mountains type, ~Tsuga mertensiana / Luzula glabrata Forest (CEGL007383)$$ (ID, MT) and a Cascades type, ~Tsuga mertensiana - (Abies amabilis, Abies lasiocarpa) / Luzula glabrata Woodland (CEGL007381)$$ (CA?, OR, WA).

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:  ID, MT




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNR

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: CEGL000505 was split into a Cascades type (CEGL007381) and Rocky Mountains type (CEGL007383).

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Tsuga mertensiana/Luzula hitchcockii Habit Type (Cooper et al. 1987)
>< Tsuga mertensiana/Luzula hitchcockii Habit Type (Pfister et al. 1977)

Concept Author(s): Cooper et al. (1987)

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: No Data Available

  • Cooper, S. V., K. E. Neiman, R. Steele, and D. W. Roberts. 1987. Forest habitat types of northern Idaho: A second approximation. General Technical Report INT-236.USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 135 pp. [reprinted in 1991]
  • NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Central Databases. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.
  • Pfister, R. D., B. L. Kovalchik, S. F. Arno, and R. C. Presby. 1977. Forest habitat types of Montana. General Technical Report INT-34. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 174 pp.