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Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association occurs in low-elevation peatlands on the coastal plain of the western Olympic Peninsula of Washington. It occurs only in nutrient-poor portions of stream-associated fens (sometimes called bogs) that are seasonally flooded in the winter with minerotrophic water (limnogenous peatlands, i.e., peatlands along a flowing water system). The soils are composed of sphagnum, fibrous, and heath peat and are wet year-round. The deciduous broad-leaved Myrica gale dominates the open to closed shrub layer (15-90% cover and varying from 0.3 to 2 m tall). The forb Sanguisorba officinalis is always present and typically codominates the herbaceous layer. One of the graminoids Carex utriculata, Carex aquatilis var. dives, or Deschampsia caespitosa are typically also codominant, and the former two species are usually present. Sphagnum spp. dominate the moss layer with at least 10% cover, usually more. The combination of dominant Myrica gale in the shrub layer, abundant Sphagnum, and the presence of Sanguisorba officinalis distinguishes the association. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22776.MYRICAGALESANGU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Sweet Gale / Great Burnet / Peatmoss species Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687156 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003419
  Scientific: Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland