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Picea rubens - Abies balsamea Saturated Forest Alliance | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Picea rubens - Abies balsamea Saturated Forest Alliance Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This alliance includes red spruce-fir- or fir-dominated swamps with other canopy associates including Acer rubrum, Tsuga canadensis, and Larix laricina. Communities of this alliance are "swamps" as opposed to "bog forests" in that they lack significant Sphagnum peat accumulation. Soils are saturated mucks over generally acidic outwash materials and other mineral soils in the glaciated portion of the range. Although Picea rubens is the predominant spruce, Picea mariana or Picea glauca are occasionally dominant (Reschke 1990). Typical understory species include Vaccinium corymbosum, Nemopanthus mucronatus, Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (= Viburnum cassinoides), Cornus canadensis, Carex trisperma, Coptis trifolia, Osmunda cinnamomea, and Gaultheria hispidula. Feather mosses are common, and Sphagnum is patchy.  Accession Code: VB.CC.28171.PICEARUBENSABIE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Picea rubens - Abies balsamea Saturated Forest Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124919 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Red Spruce - Balsam Fir Saturated Forest Alliance   Code: A.202