Udic Moist 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. western redcedar (Thuja plicata), tree

5. salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), shrub

6. Cascara buckthorn (Frangula purshiana), shrub

7. California blackberry (Rubus ursinus), shrub

8. red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa), shrub

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

10. threeleaf foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata), grass

11. horsetail (Equisetum), grass

12. redwood-sorrel (Oxalis oregana), grass

13. water parsely (Oenanthe sarmentosa), grass

14. threepetal bedstraw (Galium trifidum), grass

15. fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium), grass

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