Ecologists with the AKNHP are also working with the National Park Service to develop plant associations as part of the Park Service's Landcover Mapping program. These plant associations are included in the User's guide for each park. Parks in which plant associations are described are: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Denali National Park and Preserve, and Katmai National Park and Preserve. The User's Guides are available from the National Park Service, Alaska Support Office, 240 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501.

Ongoing investigations will describe associations in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Yukon-Charley National Park and Preserve and Kenai Fjords National Park.

Heritage Program staff have also described the vegetation of the Pribilof Islands, Fort Wainwright, Fort Richardson, Yakutat Forelands, Copper River Delta and Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

PLANT ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE COASTAL RAINFORESTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA

In 1995, representatives from seven classifications systems of the coastal rainforests of Southeast and Southcentral Alaska met to crosswalk the regions plant associations. The seven vegetation classifications were developed for different sections of the coastal rainforests of Southeast and Southcentral Alaska (Boggs 1996, DeMeo et al. 1992, DeVelice et al. 1994, Martin et al. 1995, Pawuk and Kissinger 1989, Shephard 1995, Ward 1995). The following are the results of this crosswalk effort. The final crosswalk includes the scientific and common names for each community type, the first author(s) to describe the community, and the community's global and state ranks. It is available as a PDF file and is also listed below.

MIXED CONIFER/COPPERBUSH/DEER CABBAGE
MIXED CONIFER/Cladothamnus pyrolaeflorus/Fauria crista-galli
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G4 S4

MIXED CONIFER/SALAL
MIXED CONIFER/Gaultheria shallon
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

MIXED CONIFER/SALAL/YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE
MIXED CONIFER/Gaultheria shallon/Lysichiton americanum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MIXED CONIFER/YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE-LADY FERN
MIXED CONIFER/Lysichiton americanum-Athyrium filix-femina
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G3G4 S3S4

MIXED CONIFER/BLUEBERRY
MIXED CONIFER/Vaccinium sp.
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MIXED CONIFER/BLUEBERRY/DEER CABBAGE
MIXED CONIFER/Vaccinium sp./Fauria crista-galli
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MIXED CONIFER/BLUEBERRY/SALAL
MIXED CONIFER/Vaccinium sp./Gaultheria shallon
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MIXED CONIFER/BLUEBERRY/SALAL/DEER CABBAGE
MIXED CONIFER/Vaccinium sp./Gaultheria shallon/Fauria crista-galli
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MIXED CONIFER/BLUEBERRY/YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE
MIXED CONIFER/Vaccinium sp./Lysichiton americanum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks:G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE-RED ALDER/SALMONBERRY
Picea sitchensis-Alnus rubra/Rubus spectabilis
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G? S3

SITKA SPRUCE-BLACK COTTONWOOD
Picea sitchensis-Populus trichocarpa
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE-BLACK COTTONWOOD/SITKA ALDER
Picea sitchensis-Populus trichocarpa/Alnus sinuata
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G4 S4

SITKA SPRUCE-BLACK COTTONWOOD/DEVIL'S CLUB
Picea sitchensis-Populus trichocarpa/Oplopanax horridum
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

SITKA SPRUCE-BLACK COTTONWOOD/DEVIL'S CLUB/ENCHANTER'S NIGHT
Picea sitchensis-Populus trichocarpa/Oplopanax horridum/Circaea alpina
Pawuk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G1 S1

SITKA SPRUCE-BLACK COTTONWOOD/SERAL
Picea sitchensis-Populus trichocarpa seral
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

SITKA SPRUCE-MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP.
Picea sitchensis-Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium sp.
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE-MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP.-DEVIL'S CLUB
Picea sitchensis-Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium sp.-Oplopanax horridum
Pawuk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G4 S4

SITKA SPRUCE-MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP./MARSH MARIGOLD
Picea sitchensis-Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium sp./Caltha biflora
Pawuk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE/SITKA ALDER
Picea sitchensis/Alnus sinuata
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE/LADY FERN
Picea sitchensis/Athyrium filix-femina
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE/BRYOPHYTE
Picea sitchensis/Bryophyte
Boggs, 1996
Global and State Ranks: G4 G4

SITKA SPRUCE/BLUEJOINT
Picea sitchensis/Calamagrostis canadensis
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE/PACIFIC REEDGRASS
Picea sitchensis/Calamagrostis nutkatensis
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G3G4 S3S4

SITKA SPRUCE/SHIELD FERN
Picea sitchensis/Dryopteris dilitata
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE/CROWBERRY
Picea sitchensis/Empetrum nigrum
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE/FEATHERMOSS
Picea sitchensis/feathermoss
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE/FORB-FEATHERMOSS
Picea sitchensis/forb-feathermoss
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE/YELLOW YELLOW SKUNK-CABBAGE
Picea sitchensis/Lysichiton americanum
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

SITKA SPRUCE/DEVIL'S CLUB
Picea sitchensis/Oplopanax horridum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE/DEVIL'S CLUB-SALMONBERRY
Picea sitchensis/Oplopanax horridum-Rubus spectabilis
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G4 S4

SITKA SPRUCE/DEVIL'S CLUB/ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE
Picea sitchensis/Oplopanax horridum/Circaea alpina
Pawuk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G1 S1

SITKA SPRUCE/DEVIL'S CLUB/SHIELD FERN
Picea sitchensis/Oplopanax horridum/Dryopteris dilitata
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE/DEVIL'S CLUB/FORB
Picea sitchensis/Oplopanax horridum/Forb
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE/DEVIL'S CLUB/YELLOW YELLOW SKUNK-CABBAGE
Picea sitchensis/Oplopanax horridum/Lysichiton americanum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G4 S4

SITKA SPRUCE/SALMONBERRY
Picea sitchensis/Rubus spectabilis
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G3G4 S3S4

SITKA SPRUCE/PEAT MOSS
Picea sitchensis/Sphagnum sp.
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G2G3 S2S3

SITKA SPRUCE/TALL BLUEBERRY SP.
Picea sitchensis/Vaccinium sp.
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE/TALL BLUEBERRY SP.- DEVIL'S CLUB
Picea sitchensis/Vaccinium sp.- Oplopanax horridum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SITKA SPRUCE/TALL BLUEBERRY SP./LADY FERN
Picea sitchensis/Vaccinium sp./Athyrium filix-femina
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

SITKA SPRUCE/TALL BLUEBERRY /SHIELD FERN
Picea sitchensis/Vaccinium ovaliflorum/Dryopteris dilitata
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

SITKA SPRUCE/TALL BLUEBERRY SP./YELLOW YELLOW SKUNK-CABBAGE
Picea sitchensis/Vaccinium sp./Lysichiton americanum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SHORE PINE/ SITKA SEDGE
Pinus contorta/Carex sitchensis
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

SHORE PINE/HEATH
Pinus contorta/Cassiope sp.
PawUk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G2 S2

SHORE PINE/CROWBERRY
Pinus contorta/Empetrum nigrum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

SHORE PINE/SALAL
Pinus contorta/Gaultheria shallon
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G4G5 S4S5

SHORE PINE/TUFTED CLUBRUSH
Pinus contorta/Scirpus caespitosum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G4G5 S4S5

SHORE PINE/PEAT MOSS
Pinus contorta/Sphagnum sp.
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

SHORE PINE/BLUEBERRY
Pinus contorta/Vaccinium sp.
Pawuk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

BLACK COTTONWOOD/DEVIL'S CLUB
Populus trichocarpa/Oplopanax horridum
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

BLACK COTTONWOOD/SALMONBERRY
Populus trichocarpa/Rubus spectabilis
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

BLACK COTTONWOOD/WILLOW
Populus trichocarpa/Salix sp.
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

WESTERN HEMLOCK-YELLOW CEDAR/TALL BLUEBERRY
Tsuga heterophylla-Chameaecyparis nootkatensis/Vaccinium sp.
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-YELLOW CEDAR/TALL BLUEBERRY/YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE
Tsuga heterophylla-Chameaecyparis nootkatensis/Vaccinium sp./Lysichiton americanum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAR/SALAL
Tsuga heterophylla-Thuja plicata/Gaultheria shallon
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAR/SWORDFERN
Tsuga heterophylla-Thuja plicata/Polystichum munitum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAR/BLUEBERRY
Tsuga heterophylla-Thuja plicata/Vaccinium sp.
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAT/BLUEBERRY, WELL DRAINED.
Tsuga heterophylla-Thuja plicata/Vaccinium sp., well drained
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAR/BLUEBERRY-SALAL
Tsuga heterophylla-Thuja plicata/Vaccinium sp.-Gaultheria shallon
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAR/BLUEBERRY-SALAL/YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE
Tsuga heterophylla-Thuja plicata/Vaccinium sp.-Gaultheria shallon
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAR/BLUEBERRY/YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE
Tsuga heterophylla-Thuja plicata/Vaccinium sp./Lysichiton americanum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK/PACIFIC REEDGRASS
Tsuga heterophylla/Calamagrostis nutkatensis
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

WESTERN HEMLOCK/RUSTY MENZIESIA
Tsuga heterophylla/Menziesia ferruginea
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G4 S4

WESTERN HEMLOCK/MOSS
Tsuga heterophylla/Moss
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G4G5 S4S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK/DEVIL'S CLUB
Tsuga heterophylla/Oplopanax horridum
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G? S3S4

WESTERN HEMLOCK/DEVIL'S CLUB-SHALLOW SOILS
Tsuga heterophylla/Oplopanax horridum
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G? S3S4

WESTERN HEMLOCK/DEVIL'S CLUB/YELLOW YELLOW SKUNK-CABBAGE
Tsuga heterophylla/Oplopanax horridum/Lysichiton americanum
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G4G5 S4S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK/BLUEBERRY
Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp.
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP.-DEVIL'S CLUB
Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp.-Oplophananx horridum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP./YELLOW YELLOW SKUNK-CABBAGE
Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp./Lysichiton americanum
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

WESTERN HEMLOCK-YELLOW CEDAR/TALL BLUEBERRY -DEVIL'S CLUB
Tsuga heteropylla-Chameaecyparis nootkatensis/Vaccinium sp.-Oplopanax horridum
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G4 S4

WESTERN HEMLOCK/DEVIL'S CLUB-SALMONBERRY
Tsuga heteropylla/Oplopanax horridum-Rubus spectabilis
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G? S4

WESTERN HEMLOCK- YELLOW CEDAR/TALL BLUEBERRY -MENZIESIA
Tsuga heterphylla-Chameaecyparis nootkatensis/Vaccinium sp.-Menziesia ferruginea
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G3 S3

WESTERN HEMLOCK/BLUEBERRY/SHIELD FERN
Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp./Dryopteris dilitata
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK-WESTERN HEMLOCK/BLUEBERRY-MENZIESIA
Tsuga mertensiana-Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp.-Menziesia ferruginea
DeVelice, 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK-WESTERN HEMLOCK/SITKA ALDER
Tsuga mertensiana-Tsuga heterophylla/Alnus sinuata
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK-WESTERN HEMLOCK/BLUEBERRY
Tsuga mertensiana-Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp.
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK-WESTERN REDCEDAR/BLUEBERRY/DEER CABBAGE
Tsuga mertensiana-Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp./Fauria crista galli
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK-WESTERN HEMLOCK/BLUEBERRY-YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE
Tsuga mertensiana-Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium sp./Lysichiton americanum
Shephard, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/SITKA ALDER
Tsuga mertensiana/Alnus sinuata
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/CASSIOPE SP./DEER CABBAGE
Tsuga mertensiana/Cassiope sp./Fauria crista-galli
Pawuk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/ALASKA MOSS HEATH
Tsuga mertensiana/Cassiope stellariana
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/COPPERBUSH
Tsuga mertensiana/Cladothamnus pyrolaeflorus
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G4G5 S4S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/MOUNTAIN HEATHER/DEER CABBAGE
Tsuga mertensiana/Phyllodoce aleutica/Fauria crista-galli
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP.
Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium sp.
DeMeo et.al, 1992
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY-ALASKA MOSS HEATHER
Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium ovaliflorum-Cassiope stellariana
DeVelice et al., 1994

Global and State Ranks: G5 S5
MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP./MARSH MARIGOLD
Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium sp./Caltha biflora
Pawuk and Kissinger, 1989
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/TALL BLUEBERRY SP./DEER CABBAGE
Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium sp./Fauria crista-galli
Martin et.al, 1995
Global and State Ranks: G5 S5

MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK/BOG BLUEBERRY/DEER CABBAGE
Tsuga mertensiana/Vaccinium uliginosum/Fauria crista-galli
DeVelice et al., 1994
Global and State Ranks: G? S?