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Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This white spruce community type is known only from the Black Hills in the United States. It is on northwest- to northeast-facing slopes with loamy soils. It has been found at elevations ranging from 1768-1958 m. The canopy is closed and dominated by Picea glauca. Populus tremuloides and Pinus ponderosa may also be present. There is a prominent shrub layer over a less dense herbaceous layer. Mosses and lichens are common. Linnaea borealis is the dominant understory species. Juniperus communis, Mahonia repens, Rosa acicularis, Shepherdia canadensis, and Symphoricarpos albus are common shrub associates. In the herbaceous layer Galium boreale, Hedysarum alpinum, Lathyrus ochroleucus, and Viola adunca are common.  Accession Code: VB.CC.23624.PICEAGLAUCALINN Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Picea glauca Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: White Spruce / American Twinflower Forest   Code: CEGL000382   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687009 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest   Common: White Spruce / Twinflower Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest