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Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association occurs only in the northeastern Olympic Mountains of Washington. Sites occupied are dry, upper slopes and ridgetops on southwestern aspects between 1500 and 1850 m elevation in the driest rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains. This is a needle-leaved evergreen conifer woodland of relatively short stature. <i>Abies lasiocarpa</i> is always present and usually codominant or dominant (mean cover 22%). <i>Pinus contorta</i> is often dominant or codominant but can be completely absent (mean cover 42%). <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> occurs about half the time and averages 20% cover when present. The understory is dominated by the forb <i>Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus</i> (mean cover 15%), and occasionally codominated by <i>Arnica cordifolia</i> or the dwarf-shrub <i>Juniperus communis</i>. Other frequent understory species that occur in low abundance are <i>Paxistima myrsinites, Lomatium martindalei, Orthilia secunda, Hieracium albiflorum</i>, and <i>Valeriana sitchensis</i>. This association is distinguished from similar associations by &gt;3% cover of <i>Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus</i> and presence of <i>Abies lasiocarpa</i>, along with little to no <i>Abies amabilis, Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Rhododendron albiflorum</i> (&lt;10%), <i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i> (&lt;5%), <i>Valeriana sitchensis</i>, or <i>Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii</i> (&lt;3%).  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29225-{74CB485B-D700-47F0-AC85-097407B9777C} 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: Abies lasiocarpa - Picea engelmannii / Rubus lasiococcus Cascadian Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689276 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL000316   Translated: Subalpine Fir - (Lodgepole Pine) / Arctic Lupine Woodland   Scientific: Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland (similar) CEGL000316 (similar) Abies lasiocarpa - (Pinus contorta) / Lupinus arcticus ssp. subalpinus Woodland