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Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Dwarf-shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Dwarf-shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is found only on the southeastern and western Olympic Peninsula of Washington, at low elevations. It is found only in drier portions of bogs, and may be associated with past fires set primarily by Native Americans. It is seasonally saturated or flooded and then dry in the summer. There is a relatively thin veneer of heath, fibrous, and sphagnum peat over mineral soil. The open shrub layer (0.6-1.3 m tall) is dominated by the evergreen broad-leaved Kalmia microphylla (= Kalmia occidentalis) and Ledum groenlandicum. Gaultheria shallon is always present, typically subdominant. The herb layer is dominated by Xerophyllum tenax, with the fern Pteridium aquilinum sometimes codominant. Small amounts of Sphagnum spp. are usually present (<3% cover). The association is distinguished by the codominance of Xerophyllum tenax and Kalmia microphylla or Ledum groenlandicum. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.17962.KALMIAMICROPHYL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Oct-2002 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Alpine Laurel - Labrador-tea / Bear-grass Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683091 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003359
  Scientific: Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrubland