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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 <i>Picea sitchensis</i> and <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> and regeneration is common. Average shrub cover is 60% and <i>Oplopanax horridus</i> dominates the tall-shrub layer, sometimes codominating with <i>Rubus spectabilis</i>. Low shrubs are absent. The forb layer averages 25% cover and <i>Circaea alpina</i> dominates. Fern cover averages 60% including <i>Athyrium filix-femina</i> and <i>Gymnocarpium dryopteris</i>. Grasses and sedges are lacking.  Accession Code: VB.CC.33229.CEGL003260 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.2.687648 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Sitka Spruce / Devil's-club / Small Enchanter's-nightshade Forest   Scientific: Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus / Circaea alpina Forest   Code: CEGL003260