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Pinus banksiana / Cladina spp. Nonvascular Alliance | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus banksiana / Cladina spp. Nonvascular Alliance
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This alliance is found in the western Great Lakes region on rocky substrates. Mosses and lichens comprise most of the cover. Short trees, shrubs, and graminoids are scattered throughout the stands. Vascular species can be found where soil has collected in cracks and depressions in the bedrock and on the edges of stands. Cladonia spp. and Polytrichum spp. are two abundant nonvascular taxa. Pinus banksiana is the most common tree, sometimes accompanied by Abies balsamea, Picea glauca, Picea mariana, and Quercus rubra. Other typical vascular species include the shrubs Amelanchier spp., Diervilla lonicera, Salix bebbiana, and Vaccinium spp., and herbaceous species such as Aralia hispida, Corydalis sempervirens, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, and grasses. Stands of this alliance occur on rock outcrops on ridgetops and upper slopes. The sandy and coarse loamy soils are found only in cracks and depressions in the bedrock. Aspect and slope are variable, although this alliance does not occur on steep slopes. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22109.PINUSBANKSIANAC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Pinus banksiana / Cladina spp. Nonvascular Alliance
  Translated: Jack Pine / Reindeer Lichen species Nonvascular Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125768 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1828