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Empetrum nigrum - Gaultheria shallon Dwarf-shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Empetrum nigrum - Gaultheria shallon Dwarf-shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is a dwarf-shrubland occurring on wind-swept coastal headlands and promontories along the entire Oregon and the northern California coasts. This community occurs as a thin band, maintained by heavy offshore winds, or by shallow soils. Empetrum nigrum is the primary dominant, making up 50-80% of the vegetation cover. Gaultheria shallon is always present, although the cover is variable and ranges from very low to almost 50%. Vaccinium ovatum and Baccharis pilularis also can be codominant. Forbs (Maianthemum dilatatum, Erigeron glaucus, Angelica spp., Lathyrus spp.) and Calamagrostis nutkaensis are often found popping up through the fairly dense shrub cover. Inland, the Empetrum nigrum community is replaced by taller shrublands dominated by Vaccinium ovatum or Baccharis pilularis, or by forests of Picea sitchensis or Pinus contorta. On the steep coastal bluffs, the community is replaced by Festuca rubra or forb-dominated headland communities. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.28064.EMPETRUMNIGRUMG
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Black Crowberry - Salal Dwarf-shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687655 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Empetrum nigrum - Gaultheria shallon Dwarf-shrubland
  Code: CEGL000971
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Empetrum nigrum - Gaultheria shallon Dwarf-shrubland