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Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata, Pseudotsuga menziesii) / Polystichum munitum - Blechnum spicant Forest |
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Name: Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata, Pseudotsuga menziesii) / Polystichum munitum - Blechnum spicant Forest
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Description: This closed-canopy forested community occurs at lower elevations on the south coast of British Columbia and adjacent islands, at lower elevations and major valleys along east Vancouver Island north to Kelsey Bay (0-700 m), and at lower elevations on the western Olympic Peninsula of Washington. It occurs as small to medium patches on sites with soils that are moist for a significant part of the growing season. Overstories are closed and dominated by high cover of <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>, with frequent and variable cover of <i>Thuja plicata</i> and/or <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>. The moderately well-developed shrub layer is dominated by moderate cover of regenerating <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> and <i>Thuja plicata</i>, often together with <i>Gaultheria shallon</i>. <i>Polystichum munitum</i> predominates in the herb layer, with <i>Blechnum spicant</i> usually present with low to moderate cover. The moderately well-developed moss layer consists primarily of a high cover of <i>Hylocomium splendens</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37345.CEGL002843
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: Western Hemlock - (Western Red-cedar, Douglas-fir) / Western Swordfern - Deer Fern Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata, Pseudotsuga menziesii) / Polystichum munitum - Blechnum spicant Forest
  Code: CEGL002843
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.787973 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo