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Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium membranaceum - Xerophyllum tenax Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium membranaceum - Xerophyllum tenax Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs within Mount Rainier National Park and the southeastern Olympic Mountains at high elevations on sites usually on upper slopes and ridgetops with shallow or rocky well-drained soils. It can occur as stringer forest at upper treeline, where it transitions into ~<i>Tsuga mertensiana / Phyllodoce empetriformis - Vaccinium deliciosum</i> Woodland (CEGL005579)$$. The canopy is typically codominated by <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> and <i>Abies amabilis</i>. The former occupies over 10% total cover. <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> or <i>Abies lasiocarpa</i> are occasionally prominent. The well-developed shrub layer is dominated by <i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i>. The well-developed herb layer is dominated by <i>Xerophyllum tenax</i>. <i>Rubus lasiococcus</i> or <i>Erythronium montanum</i> are usually present. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29424-{D2152CD0-11D4-4FB2-B595-F6BF4C6D81F0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 12-Jun-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685566 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000515
  Translated: Mountain Hemlock - Pacific Silver Fir / Thinleaf Huckleberry - Common Beargrass Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium membranaceum - Xerophyllum tenax Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000515
(similar) Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium membranaceum - Xerophyllum tenax Forest
(similar) Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium membranaceum - Xerophyllum tenax Forest