| Ecoregions: Central and Sub-boreal Interior |
| Elevations: 1100-1300m |
| Latitudes: 510 degrees 30' - 59 degrees |
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| Description: |
- Occurs on gently rolling plateaus in the Central and Boreal Interior
- Grades at lower elevations into IDF and ICH in the south and into BWBS in the north. Grades at
higher elevations into ESSF
- Hybrid and White spruce and sub-alpine fir are the climatic climax, interspersed with abundant wetlands
and large expanses of seral lodgepole pine resulting from past wildfire
- Important moose habitat
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| Representative Species: |
| Drier phase |
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Trees
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Picea engelmannii x glauca (hybrid spruce) |
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Picea glauca (white spruce) |
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Abies lasiocarpa (sub-alpine fir) |
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Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) |
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Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine) |
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Shrubs |
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Sheperdia canadensis (soopolallie) |
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Arctostaphlos uva-ursi (kinnikinnik) |
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Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvet-leafed blueberry) |
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Herbs |
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Calamagrostis rubescens (pinegrass) |
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Oryzopsis asperifolia (rough-leafed rice grass) |
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| Wetter Phase |
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Trees |
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Picea engelmannii x glauca (hybrid spruce) |
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Picea glauca (white spruce) |
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Abies lasiocarpa (sub-alpine fir) |
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Betula papyrifera (paper birch) |
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Shrubs |
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Rubus pedatus (five-leafed bramble) |
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Vaccinium mebranaceum (black huckleberry) |
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Viburnum edule (highbush cranberry) |
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Alnus crispa var sinuata (sitka alder) |
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Herbs |
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Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (coltsfoot) |
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Streptopus amplexifolius (clasping-leafed twisted stalk) |
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Gymnocarpium dryopteris (oak fern) |
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| Potential Restoration Species: |
| Drier phase |
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Trees |
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Picea engelmannii x glauca (hybrid spruce) |
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Picea glauca (white spruce) |
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Abies lasiocarpa (sub-alpine fir) |
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Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) |
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Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine) |
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Shrubs |
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Sheperdia canadensis (soopolallie) |
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Arctostaphlos uva-ursi (kinnikinnik) |
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Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvet-leafed blueberry) |
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Herbs |
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Calamagrostis rubescens (pinegrass) |
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Oryzopsis asperifolia (rough-leafed rice grass) |
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Aralia nudicaulis (aralia) |
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| Wetter Phase |
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Trees |
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Picea engelmannii x glauca (hybrid spruce) |
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Picea glauca (white spruce) |
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Abies lasiocarpa (sub-alpine fir) |
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Betula papyrifera (paper birch) |
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Shrubs |
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Rubus pedatus (five-leafed bramble) |
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Vaccinium mebranaceum (black huckleberry) |
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Viburnum edule (highbush cranberry) |
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Alnus crispa var sinuata (sitka alder) |
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Herbs |
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Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern) |
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Cornus canadensis (bunchberry) |
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Petasites frigidus var. palmatus (coltsfoot) |
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| Meidinger, D. and Pojar, J. 1991. Ecosystems of British Columbia. British Columbia Ministry of Forests. 330 pp.
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Srs/SRseries.htm |
