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Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This forest association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. Stands are found at high elevations (2620-3050 m [8600-10,000 feet]) on gentle to steep slopes (3-29°). Aspect ranges from south to northeast. Soils are generally, well-drained, poorly developed to moderately well-developed, with textures that range from rocky sand to rocky loam. Soil depths are moderately deep to deep. Parent material is granitic. Stands are characterized by <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> and <i>Pinus contorta</i>, although <i>Pinus contorta</i> is less abundant. Occasionally, <i>Pinus albicaulis</i> and <i>Pinus monticola</i> may also be found contributing to minor cover in the tree layer. The understory is open and characterized by <i>Phyllodoce breweri</i>, which generally grows within the openings of the stand. <i>Carex</i> and <i>Juncus</i> are sometimes common in this association. Other species that may be found contributing to minor cover in the understory include <i>Lupinus</i> sp., <i>Salix</i> sp., <i>Antennaria media (= Antennaria alpina var. media), Pyrola minor, Mitella breweri, Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa, Ribes montigenum, Luzula parviflora, Solidago multiradiata, Senecio scorzonella</i>, and <i>Trisetum spicatum</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.32480.CEGL008689 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684341 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Mountain Hemlock - Sierra Lodgepole Pine / Purple Mountain-heath Forest   Scientific: Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest   Code: CEGL008689