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Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This jack pine - black spruce rocky woodland type is found in central Canada and adjacent boreal forests of the Great Lakes in the United States. Stands typically occur on shallow, sandy or rocky sites. Soils vary from talus slopes and bare bedrock to deep mineral soils of coarse to fine sand. The tree canopy is open, with scattered Pinus banksiana and Picea mariana. The understory is quite open, with scattered clumps of shrubby Picea mariana. The dwarf-shrub layer contains Vaccinium angustifolium and Vaccinium myrtilloides. The herbaceous layer is sparse, containing Cornus canadensis, Maianthemum canadense, and Melampyrum lineare. The moss layer contains Dicranum polysetum and Pleurozium schreberi. Lichens include Cladina rangiferina (= Cladonia rangiferina), Cladina mitis (= Cladonia mitis), and Cladina stellaris. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21874.PINUSBANKSIANAP
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Jack Pine - (Black Spruce, Eastern White Pine) / Blueberry species Rocky Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685740 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002483
  Scientific: Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland
  Common: Boreal Pine Rocky Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland