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Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This plant association occurs throughout southeastern Alaska where it is widespread on peatlands on flat to gentle slopes at less than 460 m (1500 feet) elevation. This is an open forest wetland with Pinus contorta var. contorta as the main overstory tree averaging 60 feet in height, while Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, and Picea sitchensis occur in a shrub-like growth form. Vaccinium ovalifolium, Menziesia ferruginea, and Vaccinium uliginosum are abundant shrubs. Lysichiton americanus and Rubus pedatus are common as is Carex aquatilis var. dives (= Carex sitchensis).  Accession Code: VB.CC.26682.PINUSCONTORTACA 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 / Sitka Sedge Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689333 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland   Code: CEGL003203 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland