Isomesic Udic Alluvial Terrace Forest

Description

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

Dominant plant species

1. western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), tree

2. Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), tree

3. red alder (Alnus rubra), tree

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

5. red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium), shrub

6. salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), shrub

7. vine maple (Acer circinatum), shrub

8. western cordilleran bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis), grass

9. redwood-sorrel (Oxalis oregana), grass

10. western swordfern (Polystichum munitum), grass

11. twinflower (Linnaea borealis), grass

12. threeleaf foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata), grass

13. common ladyfern (Athyrium filix-femina), grass

14. false lily of the valley (Maianthemum dilatatum), grass

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