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Abies grandis - Picea sitchensis - Thuja plicata Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Abies grandis - Picea sitchensis - Thuja plicata Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of low-elevation forests of the Pacific Northwest located on dry well-drained sites dominated by <i>Abies grandis</i> and usually codominated by <i>Picea sitchensis, Tsuga heterophylla</i>, and/or <i>Thuja plicata</i>. These forests are characterized by a multi-tiered tree canopy and can be over 50 m in height. Understory species are variable and tolerant of drought, such as <i>Rhododendron macrophyllum, Vaccinium ovatum</i>, or <i>Gaultheria shallon</i>. Sites are dry and well-drained. These conifer forests typically occur on deep soils of alluvial terraces. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38829-{8BFDFED8-2DB2-4643-AD2A-2680B996B78C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899667 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3609
  Translated: Grand Fir - Sitka Spruce - Western Red-cedar Forest Alliance
  Common: Grand Fir - Sitka Spruce - Western Red-cedar Forest
  Scientific: Abies grandis - Picea sitchensis - Thuja plicata Forest Alliance