Sitka Spruce Stabilized Dune Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:North-Central Pacific Western Hemlock - Sitka Spruce Rainforest
Scientific Name:Picea sitchensis Stabilized Dune Forest Alliance
Location:United States (Washington, Oregon, California); Canada (British Columbia)
Description:This alliance covers those forests dominated by Picea sitchensis or mixed with other conifers on dry, well-drained, stabilized sand dunes or rocky outcrops along the Pacific Coast.
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Child types

Name
Picea sitchensis - Tsuga heterophylla / Rhododendron macrophyllum - Vaccinium ovatum Forest
Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon / Maianthemum dilatatum Forest
Pinus contorta - Callitropsis nootkatensis / Racomitrium lanuginosum Woodland
Pinus contorta var. contorta - Picea sitchensis / Vaccinium ovatum Forest

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer