Frigid Udic Forest

Description

The Reference state is comprised of six communities in varying stages of regeneration following either small-scale or large-scale disturbance.

Dominant plant species

1. Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis), tree

2. western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), tree

3. red alder (Alnus rubra), tree

4. Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), tree

5. oval-leaf blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium), shrub

6. red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium), shrub

7. Cascade barberry (Mahonia nervosa), shrub

8. vine maple (Acer circinatum), shrub

9. salal (Gaultheria shallon), shrub

10. twinflower (Linnaea borealis), grass

11. sidebells wintergreen (Orthilia secunda), grass

12. sweet after death (Achlys triphylla), grass

13. western swordfern (Polystichum munitum), grass

14. bride's bonnet (Clintonia uniflora), grass

15. fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium), grass

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