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Pinus contorta / Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Pleurozium schreberi - Cladina spp. Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus contorta / Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Pleurozium schreberi - Cladina spp. Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This small-patch plant community is widespread but rare to uncommon in northern British Columbia, east into northern and west-central Alberta and north into southeastern Yukon. This community generally occurs as small patches on the driest sites of the landscape, usually developing on rocky or coarse glaciofluvial materials, more rarely on sand dunes. Stands are characterized by a canopy of Pinus contorta var. contorta and a diverse ground layer dominated by Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, and Pleurozium schreberi. The shrub layer is sparse but may include low cover of Rosa acicularis and Shepherdia canadensis. Other commonly occurring ground cover species include Linnaea borealis, Comandra umbellata, Leymus innovatus, Cladonia and Cladina species and, more consistently, Peltigera species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27934.PINUSCONTORTAVA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 13-Oct-2004 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Lodgepole Pine / Rock Cranberry / Feathermoss - Reindeer Lichen species Forest
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  Scientific: Pinus contorta / Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Pleurozium schreberi - Cladina spp. Forest
  Code: CEGL002733
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus contorta / Vaccinium vitis-idaea - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi / Pleurozium schreberi - (Cladina spp.) Forest