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Pinus contorta var. contorta / Gaultheria shallon - Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus contorta var. contorta / Gaultheria shallon - Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association occurs on flat to depressional topography with impeded drainage, usually on ancient marine terraces. The predominant Blacklock soil series is nutrient-poor and is underlain by impervious hardpan that inhibits drainage. Seasonal standing water and limited rooting depth stunts tree growth and have caused these stands to be called "pygmy forest." Vegetation is mostly stunted <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i> with a dense understory of <i>Ledum glandulosum, Vaccinium ovatum</i>, and <i>Rhododendron macrophyllum</i>. Characteristic openings among the shrubs, usually flooded seasonally, have <i>Carex obnupta, Deschampsia cespitosa, Vaccinium uliginosum, Sanguisorba officinalis, Xerophyllum tenax, Hypericum anagalloides, Sisyrinchium californicum, Calamagrostis nutkaensis, Drosera rotundifolia</i>, reindeer lichens (various species of <i>Cladonia</i>), and several species of <i>Sphagnum</i> moss. Some areas where the shallow soil was burned or washed away have a barren pavement of hardpan with virtually nothing growing on it except scattered <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i>, with their roots running along the surface of the pavement.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29061-{DD20CD1C-AFEB-406E-8908-E427039971C2} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 22-Dec-1993 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus contorta Swamp Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688948 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL000152   Translated: Beach Pine / Salal - Pacific Rhododendron - California Huckleberry Forest   Scientific: Pinus contorta var. contorta / Gaultheria shallon - Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL000152 (similar) Pinus contorta var. contorta / Gaultheria shallon - Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum Forest (similar) Pinus contorta var. contorta / Gaultheria shallon - Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum Forest