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Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium / Erythronium montanum Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium / Erythronium montanum Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association occurs only in the western and southern Olympic Mountains of Washington. Sites are found at middle elevations averaging about 1000 m, in a hypermaritime wet climatic zone. This is a needle-leaved evergreen conifer forest dominated by <i>Abies amabilis</i>, with abundant <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> and lesser amounts and frequency of <i>Chamaecyparis nootkatensis</i> and <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i>. Tree regeneration is dominated by <i>Abies amabilis</i>. The understory is dominated by deciduous broad-leaved shrubs about 0.5-1.5 m tall, primarily <i>Vaccinium ovalifolium</i> (mean percent cover 58). <i>Menziesia ferruginea</i> is frequent in small amounts. The herb layer is somewhat sparse, being codominated by <i>Erythronium montanum, Clintonia uniflora, Blechnum spicant, Rubus pedatus</i>, and/or <i>Streptopus lanceolatus var. curvipes (= Streptopus roseus)</i>. Sites are snowy (mean snowpack depth about 3 m); soils are deep colluvium; slopes range from flat to very steep. This association is distinguished from similar associations by at least 10% cover of <i>Vaccinium ovalifolium</i> and 1% cover of <i>Erythronium montanum</i>, along with little to no <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> (<10% cover), <i>Xerophyllum tenax, Oplopanax horridus</i>, or <i>Lysichiton americanus</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34391.CEGL000234
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: Provisional
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Translated: Pacific Silver Fir / Oval-leaf Blueberry / White Avalanche-lily Forest
  Scientific: Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium / Erythronium montanum Forest
  Code: CEGL000234