Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Abies grandis / Acer glabrum Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
  click to update datacart
Name: Abies grandis / Acer glabrum Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: These conifer forests are native to the Blue Mountains and Wallowa mountains of northeastern Oregon, southeastern Washington and Idaho's Payette National Forest. This forest association is typified by a rich shrub layer, and occurs both on mid-slopes and riparian corridors at elevations of 1000-1950 m (3300-6400 feet). Sites occur on all aspects and a wide variety of slopes. Soils tend to be silt loam and sand over residuum, colluvium, and alluvium of igneous rock with an ash mantle. The tree canopy is dominated by <i>Abies grandis</i> averaging 42% cover. Occasional codominants are <i>Picea engelmannii</i> (18% cover), <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> (17% cover), and <i>Larix occidentalis</i> (10% cover). The shrub cover is composed of <i>Acer glabrum</i> (10%), <i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i> (7%), and <i>Rosa gymnocarpa</i> (4%). Cover of common herbaceous species includes <i>Arnica cordifolia</i> (6%), <i>Galium triflorum</i> (3%), <i>Osmorhiza berteroi (= Osmorhiza chilensis)</i> (3%), and <i>Thalictrum occidentale</i> (4%). <i>Bromus vulgaris</i> (2%) is the only grass reported. Codominating tree species tend to be less common in the Wallowa and Seven Devils mountains. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34590.CEGL000267
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.2.686103 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Grand Fir / Rocky Mountain Maple Forest
  Scientific: Abies grandis / Acer glabrum Forest
  Code: CEGL000267