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Tsuga heterophylla - (Abies amabilis) / Gaultheria shallon / Blechnum spicant Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga heterophylla - (Abies amabilis) / Gaultheria shallon / Blechnum spicant Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This western hemlock forest of Washington has a tree canopy that is always dominated or codominated by <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. <i>Abies amabilis</i> is sometimes present to codominant. Either of these species can dominate tree regeneration. <i>Thuja plicata</i> is occasionally present, but never codominant. <i>Gaultheria shallon</i> dominates the well-developed shrub layer. <i>Vaccinium alaskaense, Vaccinium parvifolium</i>, and <i>Menziesia ferruginea</i> are usually present to prominent or occasionally codominant. The herb layer is variable in total cover. <i>Blechnum spicant</i> is always present and often prominent or dominating the herb layer. <i>Polystichum munitum</i> is absent or present only in low amounts. This association occurs on the western Olympic Peninsula including the western Olympic Mountains and the western slopes of the Willapa Hills. It occurs at low elevations on well-drained soils and a variety of landforms including gentle to steep slopes, ridgetops, and rolling plains. Many occurrences have been fragmented by and altered by timber harvests. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34308-{087EF961-366D-44E3-B1A3-95125E2DA7FC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-May-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.942458 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005549
  Translated: Western Hemlock - (Pacific Silver Fir) / Salal / Deer Fern Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga heterophylla - (Abies amabilis) / Gaultheria shallon / Blechnum spicant Forest