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Pseudotsuga menziesii - Picea engelmannii x glauca / Ptilium crista-castrensis Forest | BCMFRB [British Columbia Ministr...
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Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii - Picea engelmannii x glauca / Ptilium crista-castrensis Forest
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Description: This small-patch community is restricted to steep warm aspects within localized areas of its range in British Columbia. Sites are dry and soils are medium to coarse, usually on colluvial veneers over bedrock, or colluvium. The moderately closed forest canopy is typically dominated by <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>, occasionally by <i>Pinus contorta var. latifolia</i>, with minor amounts of <i>Picea engelmannii x glauca</i> and <i>Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa</i>. Tree regeneration is typically <i>Picea engelmannii x glauca, Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>, and <i>Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa</i>. The shrub layer is moderately well-developed and includes a variety of species such as <i>Vaccinium membranaceum, Spiraea betulifolia, Acer glabrum var. douglasii, Paxistima myrsinites, Amelanchier alnifolia, Rosa acicularis, Ribes lacustre</i>, and <i>Viburnum edule</i>. The herb layer is less well-developed and usually includes low cover of <i>Cornus canadensis, Linnaea borealis, Aralia nudicaulis, Orthilia secunda, Goodyera oblongifolia</i>, and <i>Maianthemum racemosum</i>. The moss layer is well-developed and dominated by <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i> and <i>Ptilium crista-castrensis</i>, with <i>Hylocomium splendens, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus</i>, and <i>Dicranum polysetum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37301.CEGL002322
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 - Hybrid White Spruce / Knight's Plume Moss Forest
  Translated: Douglas-fir - Engelmann x White Spruce Hybrid / Knight's Plume Moss Forest
  Scientific: Pseudotsuga menziesii - Picea engelmannii x glauca / Ptilium crista-castrensis Forest
  Code: CEGL002322
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.735950 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo