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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This coastal forest is restricted to marine terraces along the southern Oregon and potentially extreme northern California coasts. It is a diverse forest, with <i>Chamaecyparis lawsoniana</i> and <i>Picea sitchensis</i> as the primary canopy and understory trees, but with both <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> and <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> found. These forests have a dense (often impenetrable) shrub understory dominated by <i>Vaccinium ovatum, Rhododendron macrophyllum</i>, and <i>Gaultheria shallon</i>. <i>Morella californica (= Myrica californica), Rubus spectabilis, Rhododendron occidentale</i> are also not uncommon shrubs. <br><br>These forests have only been found on relatively flat marine terraces, within 5 miles of the ocean. No old-growth stands remain. In addition, an introduced root rot (<i>Phytophthora lateralis</i>) is killing mature <i>Chamaecyparis lawsoniana</i> trees in all stands, which causes them to be generally more open than most coastal forests. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34043.CEGL000054
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]
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  Translated: Port Orford-cedar - Sitka Spruce / California Huckleberry - Pacific Rhododendron Forest
  Code: CEGL000054
  Scientific: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest