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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.
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Source https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/fire_regimes/AK_Pacific_maritime/all.html
Author USDA Forest Service

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Tongass National Forest, Alaska.

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Tongass National Forest

Tsuga heterophylla

Thuja plicata

Alaska

Picea sitchensis

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