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  • Before cultivation and European settlement, the Puget Sound lowland forests were dominated by dense coniferous forests most commonly made up of western red cedar, western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii).

    Puget lowland forests 2009

  • Here's a quotation form a botanical source: Charles Darwin studied this aspect of plant growth and one of the plants that he chose to study was the West Australian Sollya heterophylla.

    Vine Growth James Gurney 2009

  • Although plant communities within the region are similar to others in the T. heterophylla zone of western Washington, large areas once contained prairie, oak woodland, and pine (Pinus spp.) forest types.

    Puget lowland forests 2009

  • Potential vegetation includes the western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis), and western red cedar series (Thuja plicata).

    Central and Southern Cascades forests 2009

  • Here, Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) remains as an important species with Daurian birch (Betula dahurica) and the shrubs bushclover (Lespedeza bicolor) and hazel (Corylus heterophylla).

    Northeast China Plain deciduous forests 2008

  • Species include western red cedar Thule plicata, western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla and western yew Taxus brevifolia, all at the extreme easternmost extent of their range.

    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada 2008

  • Along the west coast of the islands, vegetation is comprised of stunted, open-growing western red cedar (Thuja plicata), yellow cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis), shore pine (Pinus contorta var. contorta), and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla).

    Queen Charlotte Islands 2008

  • Moist montane areas (low elevation valley systems), particularly in the west, are dominated by western red cedar (Thuja plicata) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), and mountain hemlock (T. mertensiana) in the wetter lower subalpine.

    Northern transitional alpine forests 2008

  • Other noteworthy species include: Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii, western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla, tan oak Lithocarpus densiflorus, grand fir Abies grandis, Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis, madrone Arbutus menziesii, big leaf maple Acer macrophyllum, California laurel/bay Umbellularia californica, of which the tallest stands occur on the alluvial flats and terraces along larger streams.

    Redwood National Park, United States 2008

  • The major forest complex consists of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), encompassing seral forests dominated by Douglas-fir and massive old-growth forests of fir, hemlock, western red cedar (Thuja plicata), and other species.

    Central Pacific coastal forests 2008

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