Name:
Tsuga mertensiana - Tsuga heterophylla - Callitropsis nootkatensis Forest & Woodland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance covers forests dominated by <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> with <i>Callitropsis nootkatensis</i> and/or <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. Other tree species present include <i>Picea sitchensis</i> and/or <i>Pinus contorta</i>. Understory shrubs include <i>Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata, Calamagrostis nutkaensis, Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii, Coptis aspleniifolia, Gaultheria shallon, Harrimanella stelleriana, Maianthemum dilatatum, Menziesia ferruginea, Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, Vaccinium alaskaense, Vaccinium ovalifolium, Vaccinium parvifolium</i>, and/or <i>Veratrum viride</i>. These are stands have with heavy snowfall in the winter, and occur within the subalpine Wet Hypermaritime Mountain Hemlock Subzone (MHwh) along the outer coast of British Columbia (elevations of 500-1100 m) and at still snowy but lower elevations in southeastern Alaska. All occur on steep mid to upper slopes and well-drained productive sites with organic to mineral soils.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38938-{017FD90C-5EEC-4221-9DA4-CEBE572FE0E3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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