Login | Datasets | Logout
Jump to... Home PLOT search PLANT search COMMUNITY search Simple search Manage datasets Tutorial About FAQ ------- Site map VegBranch Data dictionary ERD

stdcommconcept4409544095

View Community Concepts - Detail

Pseudotsuga menziesii - Pinus contorta - (Tsuga heterophylla) / Vaccinium membranaceum / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
click to update datacart
Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii - Pinus contorta - (Tsuga heterophylla) / Vaccinium membranaceum / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This small-patch woodland community occurs in the submaritime and subcontinental region of southwestern British Columbia on nutrient-deficient dry crests and upper slopes with shallow soils. The range of this plant community is from 0 to 700 m on low elevations in submaritime and subcontinental areas north of Knight Inlet and in the lower elevations in drainages of the upper Fraser Valley east and north of Chilliwack, and in the eastern Coast Mountains from upper Harrison Lake to the Homathko River. This community has an open coniferous canopy, moderate shrub layer with lots of regenerating conifers, sparse forb layer dominated by <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i>, and well-developed moss layer dominated by mixed feathermosses and <i>Cladonia</i> lichens. Moderate cover of <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> and <i>Pinus contorta</i> dominate the overstory, often with a low to moderate cover of <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. Moderate covers of <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> and <i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i> characterize the shrub layer together with low to moderate covers of regenerating <i>Pinus contorta</i> and <i>Thuja plicata</i>. The poorly developed herb layer is characterized by low to moderate cover of <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i>, often with low to moderate cover of <i>Chimaphila umbellata</i> and low cover of <i>Goodyera oblongifolia</i> and <i>Linnaea borealis</i>. The moss layer is variable, diverse and well-developed. High cover of <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i>, moderate cover of <i>Hylocomium splendens</i> and <i>Cladonia bellidiflora</i>, and low cover of <i>Cladonia rangiferina</i> are fairly constant.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31729-{E09F7BA5-7574-4F05-9AE5-7315A12452D7} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 13-Sep-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pseudotsuga menziesii - Abies grandis - Arbutus menziesii Forest & Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.786793 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002827   Translated: Douglas-fir - Lodgepole Pine - (Western Hemlock) / Thinleaf Huckleberry / Kinnikinnick Woodland   Scientific: Pseudotsuga menziesii - Pinus contorta - (Tsuga heterophylla) / Vaccinium membranaceum / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Pseudotsuga menziesii - Pinus contorta - (Tsuga heterophylla) / Vaccinium membranaceum / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Woodland