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Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This plant association occurs on peatlands in southeastern Alaska from sea level to alpine. The topography includes broken mountain slopes, hill slopes, and, most frequently, lowlands. The soils are very poorly drained and consist of deep organic material. The overstory averages 50% cover and is dominated by Pinus contorta var. contorta. Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Thuja plicata, and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis are common codominants and also common in the understory. Tall-shrub cover averages 40% dominated by Vaccinium ovalifolium and Menziesia ferruginea. Low shrubs are also abundant, including Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Ledum groenlandicum. Herbaceous cover averages over 40% and includes Cornus canadensis, Lysichiton americanus, Nephrophyllidium crista-galli (= Fauria crista-galli), Carex pauciflora, Carex aquatilis var. dives (= Carex sitchensis), and Carex anthoxanthea.  Accession Code: VB.CC.26012.PINUSCONTORTAVA 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: Pinus contorta Saturated Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Lodgepole Pine / Oval-leaf Blueberry Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689194 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland   Code: CEGL003206 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland