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Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus / Circaea alpina Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus / Circaea alpina Forest Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This plant association is found only on hill slopes adjacent to the Stikine River Delta, Alaska. Windblown silt is deposited on these sites at least annually, and the soils are deep and well- to moderately well-drained silts. Elevation is less than 150 m (500 feet). The overstory, typically about 60% cover, consists of Picea sitchensis and Tsuga heterophylla and regeneration is common. Average shrub cover is 60% and Oplopanax horridus dominates the tall-shrub layer, sometimes codominating with Rubus spectabilis. Low shrubs are absent. The forb layer averages 25% cover and Circaea alpina dominates. Fern cover averages 60% including Athyrium filix-femina and Gymnocarpium dryopteris. Grasses and sedges are lacking.  Accession Code: VB.CC.23952.PICEASITCHENSIS Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Picea sitchensis Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Sitka Spruce / Devil's-club / Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687648 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL003260   Scientific: Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus / Circaea alpina Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus / Circaea alpina Forest