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Tsuga mertensiana / Phyllodoce empetriformis - Vaccinium deliciosum Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga mertensiana / Phyllodoce empetriformis - Vaccinium deliciosum Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This mountain hemlock woodland occurs in Washington and possibly British Columbia. It typically forms a mosaic of tree clumps or small patches of forest or woodland with dwarf-shrub openings. It also occurs as an upper montane woodland just below the subalpine parkland. <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> dominates the tree layer and <i>Abies amabilis</i> is usually present to prominent. <i>Abies lasiocarpa</i> is usually absent or, if present, is relatively minor in comparison to other trees. The shrubs <i>Vaccinium alaskaense, Rhododendron albiflorum</i>, or <i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i> are usually present and often have substantial cover around the bases of trees. The dominant understory vegetation is dwarf-shrubs, primarily <i>Phyllodoce empetriformis</i> and <i>Vaccinium deliciosum</i>, and secondarily <i>Cassiope mertensiana</i> and <i>Luetkea pectinata</i>. This subalpine parkland or woodland association is found at high elevations. It is absent from dry climatic areas including the northeastern Olympics and northeastern Mount Rainier. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34329-{4D94B102-D0D5-4DEE-8659-C37894B25B2E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-May-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.942475 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005579
  Translated: Mountain Hemlock / Pink Mountain-heath - Cascade Bilberry Woodland
  Scientific: Tsuga mertensiana / Phyllodoce empetriformis - Vaccinium deliciosum Woodland