Pacific Silver Fir - Western Hemlock / Thinleaf Huckleberry Cool Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:North-Central Pacific Maritime Silver Fir - Western Hemlock Rainforest
Scientific Name:Abies amabilis - Tsuga heterophylla / Vaccinium membranaceum Cool Forest Alliance
Location:United States (Washington, Oregon, Alaska); Canada (British Columbia)
Description:These are tall evergreen forests dominated by a mix of Abies amabilis and Tsuga heterophylla often with Pseudotsuga menziesii, but the latter may be absent. These forests occupy a broad elevational band in the Cascades, extending from approximately 1000-1500 m elevation. In the Olympic Mountains and northward through British Columbia, elevations range from approximately 1000-1200 m.
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Child types

Name
Abies amabilis - (Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies procera) / Vaccinium membranaceum / Xerophyllum tenax Forest
Abies amabilis - (Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla) / Rhododendron macrophyllum Forest
Abies amabilis - (Tsuga heterophylla) / Vaccinium membranaceum - Vaccinium alaskaense Forest
Abies amabilis - (Tsuga heterophylla) / Vaccinium membranaceum / Orthilia secunda Forest
Abies amabilis - Abies lowiana / Mahonia nervosa Forest
Abies amabilis - Abies lowiana / Maianthemum stellatum Forest
Abies amabilis - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Rhododendron macrophyllum / Cornus unalaschkensis Forest
Abies amabilis / Menziesia ferruginea Forest
Abies amabilis / Rhododendron macrophyllum - Gaultheria shallon Forest
Abies amabilis / Vaccinium membranaceum - Tiarella trifoliata Forest
Abies amabilis / Vaccinium scoparium Forest
Abies procera / Oxalis oregana Forest
Callitropsis nootkatensis / Vaccinium ovalifolium Forest
Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis - (Callitropsis nootkatensis) / Vaccinium alaskaense Forest
Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis - (Pseudotsuga menziesii) / Hylocomium splendens Forest
Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis - (Pseudotsuga menziesii) / Vaccinium alaskaense Forest
Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium alaskaense / Rubus pedatus Forest
Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis / Vaccinium alaskaense Forest
Tsuga heterophylla - Pseudotsuga menziesii - Abies amabilis / Paxistima myrsinites Forest
Tsuga heterophylla / Hylocomium splendens - Pleurozium schreberi Forest

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