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A.198 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.198 Reference: EcoArt 2002 Description: Wetland forests dominated by ~Picea rubens$ or mixtures of ~Picea rubens$ and ~Tsuga canadensis$, occurring outside the main range of ~Abies balsamea$. These forests often have a dense shrub layer dominated by ~Rhododendron maximum$ and may have coverage by ~Sphagnum$ species. Some occurrences have ~Taxus canadensis$ in the understory. ~Listera smallii$ is characteristic in the sparse herb stratum. Other characteristic herbs include ~Oclemena acuminata (= Aster acuminatus), Huperzia lucidula$, and ~Dryopteris campyloptera$. Forests in this alliance occur on saturated substrates, where surface water is seldom present, but the soil is saturated to surface for extended periods during the growing season. These forests are known from poorly drained bottomlands, above 3500 feet elevation (1070 m) in the Southern Blue Ridge, but also occur in the northern Ridge and Valley and central Appalachians. It historically occurred in Tennessee.  Accession Code: VB.CC.1684.A198 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
	status: accepted Community's Parent: I.A.8.N.g This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: PICEA RUBENS SATURATED FOREST ALLIANCE   Code: A.198   Common: Red Spruce Saturated Forest Alliance (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Picea rubens Saturated Forest Alliance