03 October 2006 12:33
Seward Wetland Mapping Project
Chugach National Forest Plant Community Descriptions
From: R.L. DeVelice, C.J. Hubbard, K. Boggs, S. Boudreau, M. Potkin, T. Boucher and C. Wertheim. 1999. Plant Community Types of the Chugach National Forest: southcentral Alaska. USDA Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, Alaska Region Technical Publication R10-TP-76. Anchorage, AK. 375pp. (download 3.5Mb .pdf)
Picea sitchensis/Salix barclayi
(Sitka spruce/Barclay willow)
(PICSIT/SALBAR; 5 sites)
IA1a.-IA2a.-IA3b. Closed and open needleleaf forest-Needleleaf woodland,
Sitka spruce
Vegetation-
Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) dominates the tree layer withPopulus balsamifera
ssp. trichocarpa (black cottonwood) occasionally present.Salix barclayi
(Barclay willow) is abundant in the shrub layer. Other willowspecies reported in this type include
S. commutata (undergreen willow), S.hookeriana
(Hooker willow), and S. sitchensis (Sitka willow). Alnus crispa ssp.sinuata
(Sitka alder) and Myrica gale (sweetgale) may also occur in the tallshrub layer. Low and dwarf shrubs are essentially absent. Herbaceous
species with fairly high constancy include
Pyrola asarifolia (liverleafwintergreen),
Rubus arcticus (nagoonberry), Calamagrostis canadensis(bluejoint reedgrass),
Carex sp. (sedge), and Equisetum sp. (horsetail). Forbrepresentation is inconsistent throughout the type.
Physical setting- Physical setting information is not available at this time.
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