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Tsuga heterophylla / Aralia nudicaulis Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga heterophylla / Aralia nudicaulis Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This forested association occurs on warm, moist locations, some of the warmest locations in the Interior Northwest for <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> communities. It occurs primarily on gentle stream benches, lower valley sideslopes and toeslopes, alluvial terraces and valley bottoms, 640 to 1219 m (2100-4000 feet) in elevation. Soils are typically well-drained, fine-textured with an ash layer, loam to silty loam, moist but never boggy. Parent materials range from glacial till, coarse alluvium to colluvium. This association is heavily forested. Total tree canopy cover ranges from 70-95%. <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> is always present with 20-75% cover. <i>Thuja plicata</i> is often present with 10-40% average cover. Other trees are always present, but not in any consistent combination. Other tree species include <i>Abies grandis, Betula papyrifera, Larix occidentalis, Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>, and <i>Pinus monticola</i>. The shrub layer is relatively sparse with less than 10% total cover. Typical species include <i>Paxistima myrsinites, Cornus sericea, Lonicera</i> spp., <i>Acer</i> spp., and <i>Linnaea borealis</i>. The herbaceous layer is relatively lush, with 10-80% cover and floristically rich, but only <i>Aralia nudicaulis, Clintonia uniflora</i>, and <i>Maianthemum stellatum</i> have more than 5% cover. <i>Aralia nudicaulis</i> is not present in every stand in the literature, but it is expressed as the forb with the highest constancy and highest cover value within all sampled stands. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29397-{847C4685-8543-4A05-A504-36E3D51093A8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 3
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 13-Apr-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684211 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000488
  Translated: Western Hemlock / Wild Sarsaparilla Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga heterophylla / Aralia nudicaulis Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000488
(similar) Tsuga heterophylla / Aralia nudicaulis Forest
(similar) Tsuga heterophylla / Aralia nudicaulis Forest