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Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This forest association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. Stands are found at high elevations (2620-3050 m [8600-10,000 feet]) on gentle to steep slopes (3-29°). Aspect ranges from south to northeast. Soils are generally, well-drained, poorly developed to moderately well-developed, with textures that range from rocky sand to rocky loam. Soil depths are moderately deep to deep. Parent material is granitic. Stands are characterized by <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> and <i>Pinus contorta</i>, although <i>Pinus contorta</i> is less abundant. Occasionally, <i>Pinus albicaulis</i> and <i>Pinus monticola</i> may also be found contributing to minor cover in the tree layer. The understory is open and characterized by <i>Phyllodoce breweri</i>, which generally grows within the openings of the stand. <i>Carex</i> and <i>Juncus</i> are sometimes common in this association. Other species that may be found contributing to minor cover in the understory include <i>Lupinus</i> sp., <i>Salix</i> sp., <i>Antennaria media, Pyrola minor, Mitella breweri, Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa, Ribes montigenum, Luzula parviflora, Solidago multiradiata, Senecio scorzonella</i>, and <i>Trisetum spicatum</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36728-{C1B3B530-2447-4FBA-9DB6-AFDF299A3D7C} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana Sierran Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684341 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008689   Translated: Mountain Hemlock - Sierra Lodgepole Pine / Purple Mountain-heath Forest   Scientific: Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest (similar) Tsuga mertensiana - Pinus contorta var. murrayana / Phyllodoce breweri Forest