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Tsuga heterophylla / Hylocomium splendens - Pleurozium schreberi Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga heterophylla / Hylocomium splendens - Pleurozium schreberi Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This small- to large-patch forest community occurs on nutrient-poor, coarse sandy or skeletal soils on upper slopes or ridge crests or on gravelly glaciofluvial outwash in coastal British Columbia. These sites occur at elevations from 10 to 1000 m on the eastern slopes of the Coast Mountains north of Knight Inlet and in the Hazelton Mountains from upper Kitlope to Alice Arm. <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> dominates the overstory which sometimes has low to moderate cover of <i>Pinus contorta</i> and <i>Thuja plicata</i>. The poorly developed shrub layer is dominated by moderate cover of regenerating <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>, often with low cover of <i>Thuja plicata</i> and <i>Vaccinium alaskaense</i>. The sparse, poorly developed forb layer is variable but often has low to very low cover of <i>Cornus canadensis</i> and <i>Orthilia secunda</i>. The moss layer is well-developed and is dominated by high cover of <i>Hylocomium splendens</i> and <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i>. This community is distinguished from similar dry forests by the absence of <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31732-{767D2A3F-563E-4E7E-94F1-A651340395C9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 13-Sep-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.787591 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002830
  Translated: Western Hemlock / Splendid Feathermoss - Schreber's Big Red-stem Moss Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga heterophylla / Hylocomium splendens - Pleurozium schreberi Forest
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(similar) Tsuga heterophylla / Hylocomium splendens - Pleurozium schreberi Forest