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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This coastal forest is restricted to marine terraces along the southern Oregon and potentially extreme northern California coasts. It is a diverse forest, with <i>Chamaecyparis lawsoniana</i> and <i>Picea sitchensis</i> as the primary canopy and understory trees, but with both <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> and <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> found. These forests have a dense (often impenetrable) shrub understory dominated by <i>Vaccinium ovatum, Rhododendron macrophyllum</i>, and <i>Gaultheria shallon</i>. <i>Morella californica, Rubus spectabilis, Rhododendron occidentale</i> are also not uncommon shrubs. These forests have only been found on relatively flat marine terraces, within 5 miles of the ocean. No old-growth stands remain. In addition, an introduced root rot (<i>Phytophthora lateralis</i>) is killing mature <i>Chamaecyparis lawsoniana</i> trees in all stands, which causes them to be generally more open than most coastal forests.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:28963-{D21D5569-3A46-429A-899C-468F2AD6A4F1} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685584 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL000054   Translated: Port Orford-cedar - Sitka Spruce / California Huckleberry - Pacific Rhododendron Forest   Scientific: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL000054 (similar) Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest (similar) Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum - Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest