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Sequoia sempervirens - Pseudotsuga menziesii Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sequoia sempervirens - Pseudotsuga menziesii Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This forest association is currently only known from Point Reyes National Seashore in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. Stands are found at low elevations on the mid third to entire side of 14° to 34° slopes. Aspects are southeast to southwest. Soil textures range from moderately fine sandy clay loam to medium to very fine sandy loam of Franciscan Melange. Stands of this forest form an open ground layer, an open to intermittent shrub layer, and an intermittent to continuous tree layer. This association is dominated by <i>Sequoia sempervirens</i> and <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>, and <i>Umbellularia californica</i> and <i>Notholithocarpus densiflorus</i> are also present. Understory species may include <i>Corylus cornuta, Polystichum munitum, Iris douglasiana, Lonicera hispidula, Maianthemum</i> sp., <i>Galium</i> sp., <i>Pteridium aquilinum, Stachys ajugoides, Toxicodendron diversilobum, Quercus</i> sp. and a variety of other understory species. This association may be differentiated from ~<i>Sequoia sempervirens / Notholithocarpus densiflorus / Vaccinium ovatum</i> Forest (CEGL003172)$$ by the presence of tree-sized <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> and the general absence of <i>Vaccinium ovatum</i> in the understory. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32056-{6368C114-8B0F-4C9C-B5AB-414D6B00E395}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 05-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687928 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003173
  Translated: Redwood - Douglas-fir Forest
  Scientific: Sequoia sempervirens - Pseudotsuga menziesii Forest
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(similar) Sequoia sempervirens - Pseudotsuga menziesii Forest
(similar) Sequoia sempervirens - Pseudotsuga menziesii Forest