TongasNF
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Description: English: Western hemlock-Sitka spruce coastal forest on the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Western redcedar tends to replace Sitka spruce at higher elevations and further from the coast. It is a climax ecosystem, and the primary disturbances are salt spray, landslides, and floods which are limited to only small areas. Date: 10 July 2012, 10:47:03. Source: https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/fire_regimes/AK_Pacific_maritime/all.html. Author: USDA Forest Service.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (ferns)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Gymnosperms
- Pinopsida
- Pinales (Conifers)
- Pinaceae (pines)
- Tsuga (hemlock)
- Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock)
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