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Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance covers tall conifer rainforests dominated by <i>Picea sitchensis</i> often with <i>Tsuga heterophylla, Callitropsis nootkatensis</i>, and/or <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i>. The understory may be dominated by <i>Oplopanax horridus</i>, an indicator of very wet, subirrigated water-receiving sites on nutrient-rich soils. This alliance occurs in Alaska and the northernmost coast of British Columbia. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38823-{77D4740C-15FD-4CD0-BD48-DA9F07B8DCC7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899661 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3603
  Translated: Sitka Spruce / Devil's-club Forest Alliance
  Common: Sitka Spruce / Devil's-club Forest
  Scientific: Picea sitchensis / Oplopanax horridus Forest Alliance