Fringetrees grow best in moist, rich, well-draining soil, andthey cannot tolerate drought. Since they can grow well in full sun and part shade, you can plant them in an ornamental garden or at a forest edge. Pacific Crabapple This tree is native to the western U.S. and thrives in wet...
Habitat and Range: One of the principal trees of the California forest, the natural habitat of Calocedrus decurrens begins in the north on the dry southeast slope of Mt. Hood, south through the Cascades of Oregon into California, where it stretches west to the ocean, east to Nevada and sout...
Pojar and Mackinnon, in their bookPlants of the Pacific Northwest Coast, say this of Abies procera: "Magnificent stands of noble fir can occur ... in the Cascades. On one site near Mt. St. Helens, an even-aged, 200-year-old forest had over 2,000 tonnes biomass/ha, or almost 10 t...
One concern with such methods, however, is the potential to introduce non-native plants, which can have negative ecological and economic impacts. Here, we examine how variable-density thinning influences desirable forest characteristics, such as increased plant species diversity, versus the less ...
The Pacific Northwest is synonymous with rainy mountains, expansive coastlines and dense forests. Known for its majestic landscapes, the region has innate connections to the waterfront. Over time, these channels were referred to as the Salish Sea. Encompassing the Strait of Georgia, the Strait of ...
Temperate Pine Forest Plants and Wildlife The pine forests and savannas found on the sandier soils in the south are part of thesoutheastern conifer forest. This region is the largest expanse of conifer vegetation east of the Mississippi, with diverse tree species and many endemic mammals, reptiles...
The role of plants like fireweed is vital – promptly covering bare ground to stave off erosion and acting as a nurse plant to new saplings destined to become the future forest. In a garden setting or in locations where aggressively spreading plants are discouraged, fireweed and its weedy ...
USDA Forest Service-Fire Effects Information System Hardy Fern Library Native Plants Network, Propagation Protocol Database Plants for a Future Database Native American Ethnobotany, University of Michigan, Dearborn OtherPolystichumsp., native to the Pacific Northwest: ...
USDA Forest Service-Fire Effects Information System Native Plants Network, Propagation Protocol Database Plants for a Future Database Native American Ethnobotany, University of Michigan, Dearborn Scouler’s WillowSalix scoulerianaBarratt ex Hook.
Notably, native understory plants had greatest cover and richness with low overstory densities at the plot scale (as low as 2.0 m2 ha−1 in this study), suggesting that forest managers can have substantial influence over native plant recovery simply through cutting, particularly if advanced ...