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Pseudotsuga menziesii / Pleurozium schreberi - Hylocomium splendens Forest | BCMFRB [British Columbia Ministr...
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Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii / Pleurozium schreberi - Hylocomium splendens Forest
Reference: BCMFRB [British Columbia Ministr...
Description: This small- to medium-patch, forested association is restricted to the Montane Cordillera ecoregion of central interior British Columbia, primarily on the Fraser Plateau, along the Chilcotin and Fraser river valleys where it is relatively common. It also occurs sporadically on steep warm slopes, crests or ridges in the northwestern extent of its range. It is generally found on either sandy or loamy soils, sometimes with abundant coarse fragments, on dry to very dry, nutrient-poor to medium sites. The forest canopy is relatively closed and dominated by <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> with a few <i>Pinus contorta var. latifolia</i> or <i>Picea engelmannii x glauca</i>. <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> regeneration is often dense. On sites with warm aspects or shallow soils, the canopy will be more open. Shrubs are scarce but may include <i>Spiraea betulifolia, Shepherdia canadensis</i>, and <i>Rosa acicularis</i>. The undergrowth is strongly dominated by mosses such as <i>Hylocomium splendens</i> and <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i> and typically has few vascular plants including scattered <i>Eurybia conspicua, Calamagrostis rubescens, Galium boreale</i>, and <i>Prosartes trachycarpa (= Disporum trachycarpum)</i> with <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> in southern portions of its range, and <i>Linnaea borealis</i> in northern portions of its range. <i>Calamagrostis rubescens</i> also tends to drop out in the northern range. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37295.CEGL002316
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:   Common: Douglas-fir / Red-stemmed Feathermoss - Stepmoss Forest
  Translated: Douglas-fir / Schreber's Big Red-stem Moss - Splendid Feathermoss Forest
  Scientific: Pseudotsuga menziesii / Pleurozium schreberi - Hylocomium splendens Forest
  Code: CEGL002316
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.735907 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo