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Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This white-cedar scrub fen type is found in southern Ontario, Canada, and possibly in adjacent northern areas of the Great Lakes states in the United States. Stands contain at least 40 cm or more of brown moss or sedge peat. Stands are rarely flooded, primarily saturated, and the pH is slightly alkaline to mildly acidic. The vegetation contains a scrub layer between 1 and 2 m tall dominated by Thuja occidentalis, with occasional Myrica gale. The ground layer contains a rich diversity of herbs and mosses, including Trichophorum alpinum (= Scirpus hudsonianus) and Drepanocladus spp.  Accession Code: VB.CC.26672.THUJAOCCIDENTAL 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: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale - (Carex lasiocarpa) Saturated Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Northern White-cedar - (Sweet Gale) / Alpine Cotton-grass / Brown Moss species Shrubland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689327 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005193   Scientific: Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland   Common: White-cedar - Sweet Gale Scrub Fen (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland