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Pseudotsuga menziesii / Symphoricarpos albus Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii / Symphoricarpos albus Forest Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This widespread forest association occurs in the central and northern Rocky Mountains from the mid montane zone down to upper foothill zone on cool aspects. Sites are warm and relatively dry to moist, gentle to steep, mid to lower slopes, benches, and terraces. Stands are found on southerly or easterly aspects throughout much of its range, but may occur on any aspect. Substrates are variable and may be very gravelly or not, with soil textures ranging from sandy loam to silt derived from alluvium, glacial till and outwash. Ground surface has high cover of litter, sometimes significant cover of rock, and low cover of bare soil. The vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense to dense (40-90% cover) evergreen needle-leaved tree canopy, dominated or codominated by <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> with the short shrub <i>Symphoricarpos albus</i> dominating or codominating the understory. Mature <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> often codominates the tree canopy, but does not regenerate. Other mature seral tree species present to codominant may include <i>Pinus contorta, Pinus flexilis, Larix occidentalis, Juniperus</i> spp., or <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. Understory trees are almost exclusively <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>. The short-shrub layer is dominated or codominated by the rhizomatous <i>Symphoricarpos albus</i> and other short shrubs such as <i>Juniperus communis, Mahonia repens, Paxistima myrsinites, Ribes cereum, Rosa</i> spp., <i>Spiraea betulifolia</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos oreophilus</i>. Scattered tall shrubs such as <i>Amelanchier alnifolia, Prunus virginiana</i>, or <i>Sorbus scopulina</i> may form an open tall-shrub layer. A low cover to moderately dense herbaceous layer is present and is composed of diverse forbs with the graminoids <i>Calamagrostis rubescens, Carex geyeri, Festuca idahoensis</i> or <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> present to codominant.  Accession Code: VB.CC.33285.CEGL000459 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.2.687474 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Douglas-fir / Common Snowberry Forest   Scientific: Pseudotsuga menziesii / Symphoricarpos albus Forest   Code: CEGL000459