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Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association occurs only in the northeastern Olympic Mountains of Washington. Sites occupied are dry, upper slopes and ridgetops on southwestern aspects between 1500 and 1850 m elevation in the driest rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains. This is a needle-leaved evergreen conifer woodland of relatively short stature. <i>Abies lasiocarpa</i> is always present and usually codominant or dominant (mean cover 22%). <i>Pinus contorta</i> is often dominant or codominant but can be completely absent (mean cover 42%). <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> occurs about half the time and averages 20% cover when present. The understory is dominated by the forb <i>Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus</i> (mean cover 15%), and occasionally codominated by <i>Arnica cordifolia</i> or the dwarf-shrub <i>Juniperus communis</i>. Other frequent understory species that occur in low abundance are <i>Paxistima myrsinites, Lomatium martindalei, Orthilia secunda, Hieracium albiflorum</i>, and <i>Valeriana sitchensis</i>. This association is distinguished from similar associations by >3% cover of <i>Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus</i> and presence of <i>Abies lasiocarpa</i>, along with little to no <i>Abies amabilis, Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Rhododendron albiflorum</i> (<10%), <i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i> (<5%), <i>Valeriana sitchensis</i>, or <i>Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii</i> (<3%). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34202.CEGL000316
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: Subalpine Fir - (Lodgepole Pine) / Subalpine Lupine Woodland
  Scientific: Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland
  Code: CEGL000316