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A.546 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.546
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance contains boreal woodlands occurring on acidic bedrock or talus at high elevations. The dominant tree is ~Picea rubens$, but in some cases the dominant may be ~Picea mariana$. In the northern part of the range of this alliance, associated canopy trees include ~Abies balsamea, Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera$, and ~Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia$; shrubs include ~Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium myrtilloides, Ribes glandulosum, Sorbus americana$, and ~Acer spicatum$; and typical herbs are ~Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Solidago simplex var. randii, Juncus trifidus, Piptatherum pungens (= Oryzopsis pungens)$, and ~Clintonia borealis$. These woodlands are often stunted and grade into montane shrublands. Soils are shallow, often only a thin layer of duff overlying bedrock. This alliance occurs in Canada, northern New England, New York, south through the Appalachians from Pennsylvania south to the mountains of Virginia. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2190.A546
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: II.A.4.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: PICEA RUBENS WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.546
  Common: Red Spruce Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Picea rubens Woodland Alliance