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Larix lyallii / Vaccinium scoparium / Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Larix lyallii / Vaccinium scoparium / Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This is a deciduous conifer woodland located above the limits of other conifers. It is found in the high elevations of the northeastern Cascades in Washington and adjacent British Columbia and possibly in pockets in the northern Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, and adjacent Canada. Sites lie between 1980 and 2290 m (6500-7500 feet) in the Cascades and may extend to 2410 m (7900 feet) in the northern Rockies. Sites are on mid to lower slopes in environments with high winds and moderate to deep snow accumulation. Canopies never close and tree growth is mostly erect, only rarely forming krummholz. The existing woodlands are dominated by <i>Larix lyallii</i> that are occasionally associated with other trees, most frequently <i>Picea engelmannii, Pinus albicaulis, Abies lasiocarpa</i> or <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i>. The undergrowth is a mixture of a dwarf-shrub layer primarily of <i>Vaccinium scoparium</i> and <i>Phyllodoce</i> spp. and a graminoid layer primarily composed of <i>Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33910.CEGL000951
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.2.684797 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Subalpine Larch / Grouse Whortleberry / Hitchcock's Smooth Woodrush Woodland
  Scientific: Larix lyallii / Vaccinium scoparium / Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii Woodland
  Code: CEGL000951