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Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association occurs in low-elevation poor fens and bogs on the western Olympic Peninsula and in outer coastal British Columbia. Soils are a mixture of fibrous, heath, woody and sphagnum peat, and are wet year-round at or slightly below the surface. Seasonal winter flooding is probably also an important process. The evergreen conifer tree canopy is open and stunted, usually not over 10 m tall. Pinus contorta var. contorta and Thuja plicata are typically codominant, with Tsuga heterophylla usually present and occasionally codominant. The shrub layer is dominated or codominated by broad-leaved deciduous Myrica gale, and sometimes codominated by evergreen Gaultheria shallon or Ledum groenlandicum. The herbaceous layer is typically dominated or codominated by Lysichiton americanus (>10% cover). The well-developed moss layer is typically dominated by Sphagnum spp., which always exceeds>10% cover. This association is distinguished by codominance of Thuja plicata, Pinus contorta, Myrica gale, and Sphagnum spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26114.PINUSCONTORTAVA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Lodgepole Pine - Western Red-cedar / Sweet Gale / Peatmoss species Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688908 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001691
  Scientific: Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland