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Description: |
DISTRIBUTION:
The MHmm1 occurs at high elevations on Vancouver
Island and in maritime areas of the mainland
coast. The lower elevational limit is between
800 and 1000 m and the upper limit is between
1100 and 1350 m.
CLIMATE: The MHmm1 has long, wet, cold
winters and short, cool moist summers. Frozen
soils are rare due to the insulating snowpack,
but growing season frosts are common. Total
snowfall is high, resulting in substantial
snowpacks that can persist into July.
VEGETATION: Forests on zonal sites are
dominated by Ba and Hm, and, to a lesser
extent, Yc. Alaskan blueberry, oval-leaved
blueberry, and Rhytidiadopsis robusta are
prominent in the understorey. Vegetation
and stand characteristics in the MHmm1 are
strongly influenced by local topography,
which affects timing and pattern of snowmelt.
Upper elevations grade into discontinuous
forests of the parkland subzone (MHmmp1).
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