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Pseudotsuga menziesii - Quercus garryana / Melica subulata Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii - Quercus garryana / Melica subulata Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This small-patch community occurs on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands of the Strait of Georgia and also may be found in the Puget Sound area and San Juan Islands of Washington. In British Columbia, it occupies sites on gentle to steep slopes where bedrock outcroppings are common. Soils are usually very dry and may be nutrient poor to medium depending on depth of humus layer and underlying bedrock. Soils are derived from thin colluvial or morainal veneers overlying bedrock. This lowland mixed woodland is characterized by a moderately open canopy of <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> with an understory of <i>Quercus garryana</i> occurring in canopy gaps. The shrub layer is sparse, and the herb layer is dominated by abundant <i>Melica subulata</i> with <i>Sanicula crassicaulis</i> and <i>Carex inops</i>. The moss layer is characterized by abundant <i>Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus</i> with some <i>Eurhynchium oreganum</i>. The absence of other conifer species, the sparse shrub layer, and the abundance of <i>Melica subulata, Sanicula crassicaulis</i>, and <i>Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus</i> differentiate this association from other related associations.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32237-{3A8FA750-0318-4DED-8301-17D2621AB7B8} 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: Quercus garryana - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Toxicodendron diversilobum Forest & Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686311 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL003355   Translated: Douglas-fir - Oregon White Oak / Alaska Oniongrass Forest   Scientific: Pseudotsuga menziesii - Quercus garryana / Melica subulata Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Pseudotsuga menziesii - Quercus garryana / Melica subulata Forest (similar) Pseudotsuga menziesii - Quercus garryana / Melica subulata Forest