Login | Datasets | Logout
Jump to... Home PLOT search PLANT search COMMUNITY search Simple search Manage datasets Tutorial About FAQ ------- Site map VegBranch Data dictionary ERD

stdcommconcept2638026380

View Community Concepts - Detail

Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
click to update datacart
Name: Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association occurs only in the northeastern Olympic Mountains of Washington. Sites occupied are dry, upper slopes and ridgetops on southwestern aspects between 1500 and 1850 m elevation in the driest rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains. This is a needle-leaved evergreen conifer woodland of relatively short stature. Abies lasiocarpa is always present and usually codominant or dominant (mean cover 22%). Pinus contorta is often dominant or codominant but can be completely absent (mean cover 42%). Pseudotsuga menziesii occurs about half the time and averages 20% cover when present. The understory is dominated by the forb Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus (mean cover 15%), and occasionally codominated by Arnica cordifolia or the dwarf-shrub Juniperus communis. Other frequent understory species that occur in low abundance are Paxistima myrsinites, Lomatium martindalei, Orthilia secunda, Hieracium albiflorum, and Valeriana sitchensis. This association is distinguished from similar associations by >3% cover of Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus and presence of Abies lasiocarpa, along with little to no Abies amabilis, Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Rhododendron albiflorum (<10%), Vaccinium membranaceum (<5%), Valeriana sitchensis, or Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii (<3%).  Accession Code: VB.CC.26380.ABIESLASIOCARPA 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: Abies lasiocarpa Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Subalpine Fir - (Lodgepole Pine) / Subalpine Arctic Lupine Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689276 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL000316   Scientific: Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland