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Populus (tremuloides, balsamifera) - (Betula papyrifera) - Picea mariana / Alnus viridis Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Populus (tremuloides, balsamifera) - (Betula papyrifera) - Picea mariana / Alnus viridis Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This aspen deciduous forest type is found in the boreal regions of central and eastern Canada, extending into the adjacent regions of the United States in Maine. The overstory is dominated by Populus tremuloides and/or Populus balsamifera with some Betula papyrifera. The high constancy of Picea mariana and lesser amounts of other boreal conifers distinguishes this type from other types. Pleurozium schreberi is a dominant nonvascular ground layer species. In the eastern part of its range, this type is often successional to black spruce-dominated spruce-fir flats (Picea mariana - Picea rubens / Pleurozium schreberi Forest (CEGL006361)), except where frequent fires maintain the seral phase. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27048.POPULUSTREMULOI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Common: Aspen - Birch - Black Spruce / Green Alder Forest
  Translated: (Quaking Aspen, Balsam Poplar) - (Paper Birch) - Black Spruce / Green Alder Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689072 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002514
  Scientific: Populus (tremuloides, balsamifera) - (Betula papyrifera) - Picea mariana / Alnus viridis Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Populus (tremuloides, balsamifera) - (Betula papyrifera) - Picea mariana / Alnus viridis Forest