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Name: Picea sitchensis / Malus fusca / Carex obnupta Forest
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Description: This small-patch coniferous forest community occurs along the backshore of estuaries and tidal sloughs along coastal British Columbia. The range of this plant community occurs on western and northern Vancouver Island and along the outer coast west of the Coast Mountains and Kitimat Ranges of British Columbia. Soils are usually loamy or sandy and are usually derived from fluvial materials, often with a thin organic cap. This small-patch coniferous forest community has an open overstory growing on mounds, a moderate to well-developed shrub layer dominated by <i>Malus fusca</i> and <i>Rubus spectabilis</i>, a moderate herb layer characterized by <i>Carex obnupta</i> and <i>Lysichiton americanus</i>, and a moderate moss layer dominated by leafy mosses. <i>Picea sitchensis</i> dominates the overstory, with low cover of <i>Thuja plicata</i>. Moderate to high cover of <i>Rubus spectabilis</i> and <i>Malus fusca</i> with moderate cover of <i>Gaultheria shallon</i> characterize the shrub layer. The herb layer is usually well-developed and dominated by high cover of <i>Carex obnupta</i> and moderate cover of <i>Lysichiton americanus</i>. The moderately well-developed moss layer consists primarily of <i>Eurhynchium praelongum</i> with low to moderate cover of <i>Rhizomnium punctatum</i> and <i>Eurhynchium oreganum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37363.CEGL002780
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 / Oregon Crabapple / Slough Sedge Forest
  Code: CEGL002780
  Scientific: Picea sitchensis / Malus fusca / Carex obnupta Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.783944 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo