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Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium (alaskaense, ovalifolium) - Oplopanax horridus Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium (alaskaense, ovalifolium) - Oplopanax horridus Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: The moderate to dense tree overstory is uneven-aged and dominated by <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>, although <i>Picea sitchensis</i> may codominate in some stands. <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> ranges up to 29 m (95 feet) in height. The characteristic shrub layer is dominated by a moderate cover of <i>Oplopanax horridus, Vaccinium ovalifolium</i>, and <i>Vaccinium alaskaense</i>. The forb, graminoid, and fern layers are typically sparse. In many stands, bryophytes form a dense carpet consisting mainly of <i>Sphagnum</i> species, <i>Hylocomium splendens</i>, and <i>Rhytidiadelphus loreus</i>. This type is common throughout Prince William Sound and southeastern Alaska. As described from the Cooper River Delta, this association is a minor type occurring on floodplains, proximal outwash, beach ridges, and spits. It occurs as stringers, broad expanses of forest, or inclusions within forests. Sites occur on alluvial surfaces formed on outwash plains, and on coastal dune crests or uplifted dunes. They are typically well-drained, although on the outwash plains and floodplains during high riverflows, they may be inundated. The surface topography is typically level on outwash plains and undulating on dune systems. On outwash plains and floodplains, the soils are deep, well-drained alluvium, and on dunes, they are deep, well-drained eolian sand.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32115-{D4BB57C2-6047-417A-BD21-5403AD4AA888} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 16-Nov-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684079 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL003232   Translated: Western Hemlock / (Alaska Blueberry, Oval-leaf Blueberry) - Devil's-club Forest   Scientific: Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium (alaskaense, ovalifolium) - Oplopanax horridus Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL003232 (similar) Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium ovalifolium - Oplopanax horridus Forest (similar) Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium ovalifolium - Oplopanax horridus Forest