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Pinus contorta var. contorta Sand Dune Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus contorta var. contorta Sand Dune Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This conifer woodland alliance is dominated by <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i>. These woodlands include areas with dense and tall ericaceous shrublands where <i>Gaultheria shallon, Morella californica, Rhododendron occidentale</i>, and <i>Vaccinium ovatum</i> dominate. More open areas have <i>Arctostaphylos columbiana</i> or <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i> in the understory, usually with dense lichen cover on much of the sand, and barely stabilized dunes with <i>Fragaria chiloensis, Lupinus littoralis, Pteridium aquilinum</i>, and some <i>Poa macrantha</i> present. Stands occur on stabilized to semi-stabilized dunes along the coast of Oregon and northern California. This alliance is best represented in natural conditions in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (NRA), where small but numerous extensive stands of open pine occur. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38931-{E339AA3B-586B-405A-BC9D-3D852525663D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899769 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3717
  Translated: Beach Pine Sand Dune Woodland Alliance
  Common: Beach Pine Sand Dune Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus contorta var. contorta Sand Dune Woodland Alliance