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Abies grandis / Acer glabrum Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Abies grandis / Acer glabrum Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These conifer forests are native to the Blue Mountains and Wallowa mountains of northeastern Oregon, southeastern Washington and Idaho's Payette National Forest. This forest association is typified by a rich shrub layer, and occurs both on mid-slopes and riparian corridors at elevations of 1000-1950 m (3300-6400 feet). Sites occur on all aspects and a wide variety of slopes. Soils tend to be silt loam and sand over residuum, colluvium, and alluvium of igneous rock with an ash mantle. The tree canopy is dominated by <i>Abies grandis</i>. Occasional codominants are <i>Picea engelmannii, Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>, and <i>Larix occidentalis</i>. The shrub cover is composed of <i>Acer glabrum, Vaccinium membranaceum</i>, and <i>Rosa gymnocarpa</i>. Cover of common herbaceous species includes <i>Arnica cordifolia, Galium triflorum, Osmorhiza berteroi, Thalictrum occidentale</i>, and <i>Bromus vulgaris</i>. Codominating tree species tend to be less common in the Wallowa and Seven Devils mountains. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29176-{20D632FE-6529-405F-AD7B-10F268B75235}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 13-Feb-1991 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686103 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000267
  Translated: Grand Fir / Rocky Mountain Maple Forest
  Scientific: Abies grandis / Acer glabrum Forest
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