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Tsuga heterophylla - Thuja plicata / Gaultheria shallon / Blechnum spicant Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga heterophylla - Thuja plicata / Gaultheria shallon / Blechnum spicant Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This western hemlock forest - western red-cedar of Alaska and Washington and possibly British Columbia has a canopy dominated by <i>Thuja plicata</i> and <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. <i>Abies amabilis</i> is sometimes prominent and can infrequently codominate. Tree regeneration is dominated by <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> and/or <i>Abies amabilis</i>. <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 dominant in the herb layer. <i>Polystichum munitum</i> is absent or present only in low amounts. In Washington, this association occurs on well-drained upland sites on the western coastal plain of the Olympic Peninsula and in the eastern Willapa Hills. It tends to occur on gentle or rolling topography. Logging practices have converted many areas to tree plantations. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34327-{AEFAAF67-0010-4FB2-A8C7-15208536FA6E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-May-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.942473 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005577
  Translated: Western Hemlock - Western Red-cedar / Salal / Deer Fern Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga heterophylla - Thuja plicata / Gaultheria shallon / Blechnum spicant Forest