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Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla - Thuja plicata / Gaultheria shallon Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla - Thuja plicata / Gaultheria shallon Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This small-patch coniferous forest community occurs on beach plains along shorelines where they are exposed to salt spray on the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia. It occurs on level and gentle sites with variable soil moisture regimes (submesic to hygric) and rich (medium) soil nutrient regimes. This small-patch coniferous forest community has an open to closed forest canopy, poorly developed shrub layer dominated by regenerating <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> with scattered other shrubs, very poorly developed herb layer, and well-developed moss layer dominated by feathermosses. The canopy is characterized by high cover of <i>Picea sitchensis</i> and moderate cover of <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. The poorly developed shrub layer has moderate cover of regenerating <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. The very poorly developed herb layer sometimes has low cover of <i>Blechnum spicant, Moneses uniflora, Maianthemum dilatatum</i>, and <i>Listera caurina</i>. The continuous, well-developed moss layer is characterized by high cover of <i>Eurhynchium oreganum, Rhytidiadelphus loreus</i>, and <i>Hylocomium splendens</i>, with low cover of <i>Buckiella undulata</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31694-{3AD27983-7C40-401A-9591-61E54FD95434} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 24-May-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Tsuga heterophylla - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium alaskaense Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.783953 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002790   Translated: Sitka Spruce - Western Hemlock - Western Red-cedar / Salal Forest   Scientific: Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla - Thuja plicata / Gaultheria shallon Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla - Thuja plicata / Gaultheria shallon Forest