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Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium / Maianthemum dilatatum Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium / Maianthemum dilatatum Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs at middle elevations. It occupies moist sites on gentle slopes in high precipitation zones. The canopy is codominated by <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> and <i>Abies amabilis</i>. <i>Tsuga heterophylla, Thuja plicata</i>, and <i>Callitropsis nootkatensis</i> are frequent and one or more may be prominent to codominant. The well-developed shrub layer is dominated by <i>Vaccinium alaskaense</i>, sometimes with <i>Vaccinium ovalifolium</i> codominant. The diverse herb layer is at least codominated by <i>Maianthemum dilatatum</i>. Other frequently occurring species are <i>Rubus pedatus, Clintonia uniflora, Cornus unalaschkensis, Blechnum spicant</i>, and <i>Streptopus lanceolatus var. curvipes</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31525-{3AB91EC0-075E-4672-A58D-DEAF435C5AFF}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 12-Jun-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685591 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002617
  Translated: Mountain Hemlock - Pacific Silver Fir / Oval-leaf Blueberry / False Lily-of-the-Valley Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium / Maianthemum dilatatum Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002617
(similar) Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium - Maianthemum dilatatum Forest
(similar) Tsuga mertensiana - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium ovalifolium - Maianthemum dilatatum Forest