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BC Conservation Data Centre: Ecological Community Summary

Thuja plicata - Callitropsis nootkatensis / Coptis aspleniifolia Moist Maritime 2
western redcedar - yellow-cedar / spleenwort-leaved goldthread Moist Maritime 2

 
Scientific Name: Thuja plicata - Callitropsis nootkatensis / Coptis aspleniifolia Moist Maritime 2
English Name: western redcedar - yellow-cedar / spleenwort-leaved goldthread Moist Maritime 2
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: Meidinger, D. 1992. Vegetation classification hierarchy: DBASE September 1992. B.C. Minist. For. Res. Branch, Victoria.
Ecosystem Group: Terrestrial Realm - Forest: Coniferous - moist/wet
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G4G5
Provincial Status: S1 (Apr 2019)
BC List: Red
Provincial FRPA list:   
Notable Species:
 
Ecology & Dynamics
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Dynamic Processes Summary:
Spatial Pattern: Small patch
 
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References and Related Literature
B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations. Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) Map, WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.BEC_BIOGEOCLIMATIC_POLY [ESRI ArcSDE format]. Version 9. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch, Victoria, B.C. Updated Regularly.
Green, R.N., and K. Klinka. 1994. A field guide to site identification and interpretation for the Vancouver Forest Region. B.C. Minist. For., Res. Branch, Victoria, B.C. Land Manage. Handb. No. 28.
Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Mt. Cornation Study Area. 1997b. Madrone Consultants Limited. 1:20 000 spatial data.
Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Strathcona TSA - Gold Landscape Unit. 2004b. Prepared for Western Forest Products, by B.A. Blackwell and Associates. 1:20 000 spatial data.
University of British Columbia Department of Forest Sciences. 1991. Vegetation and Site Classification for Coastal British Columbia. Vegetation and Environment Summaries. Univ. B.C., Vancouver, BC.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Ecological Community Summary: Thuja plicata - Callitropsis nootkatensis / Coptis aspleniifolia Moist Maritime 2. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 7, 2026).