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Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla / Oplopanax horridus - Rubus spectabilis / Gymnocarpium dryopteris Forest |
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Name: Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla / Oplopanax horridus - Rubus spectabilis / Gymnocarpium dryopteris Forest
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Description: This riparian community occurs at elevations from 10 to 1000 m on the western slopes of the central Coast Mountains of British Columbia and on the windward slopes of Vancouver Island. It occurs on high fluvial benches with seasonally fluctuating water tables that generally only flood every few years. The moderately closed overstory is codominated by <i>Picea sitchensis</i> and <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>, and the well-developed shrub layer is dominated by <i>Oplopanax horridus</i> and <i>Rubus spectabilis</i>. A well-developed herb layer is characterized by several fern species, including <i>Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Athyrium filix-femina</i>, and <i>Dryopteris expansa</i>. Regular flooding inhibits the growth of mosses, and consequently the moss layer is relatively sparse, typically including low to moderate cover of <i>Rhytidiadelphus loreus</i> and <i>Plagiomnium insigne</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37332.CEGL002825
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:   Translated: Sitka Spruce - Western Hemlock / Devil's-club - Salmonberry / Western Oakfern Forest
  Scientific: Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla / Oplopanax horridus - Rubus spectabilis / Gymnocarpium dryopteris Forest
  Code: CEGL002825
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.786784 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo