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Sphagnum (cuspidatum, torreyanum) - Vaccinium macrocarpon Nonvascular Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Sphagnum (cuspidatum, torreyanum) - Vaccinium macrocarpon Nonvascular Vegetation Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association is bryophyte-dominated vegetation with a sparse vascular component found in wet bog hollows in northern New England and adjacent Canada. Variously called "moss lawn" or "moss carpet," it occurs in acidic fens and bogs. It may form a floating mat over open water, as in kettleholes, or it may develop around secondary pools on raised bog surfaces. The substrate pH is acidic, usually about 4.0. Bryophyte carpets dominate the vegetation, with vascular plants scattered across their surface and generally totaling under 25% cover. The only woody plants are sparse and extremely stunted (usually <10 cm tall) heath shrubs. The dominant bryophytes vary among sites, but are typically some combination of <i>Sphagnum cuspidatum</i> and <i>Sphagnum torreyanum</i>. Characteristic vascular species include stunted <i>Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla (= Andromeda glaucophylla)</i> and <i>Chamaedaphne calyculata</i>, plus <i>Drosera rotundifolia, Drosera intermedia, Eriophorum virginicum, Rhynchospora alba</i>, and <i>Vaccinium macrocarpon</i>. This association is floristically similar to certain other fen associations (e.g., <i>~Chamaedaphne calyculata / Eriophorum virginicum / Sphagnum rubellum</i> Dwarf-shrubland (CEGL006513)$$ but is differentiated from other <i>Sphagnum</i>-based peatland vegetation types by the very low abundance of vascular plants.  Accession Code: VB.CC.31042.CEGL006394 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687008 NatureServe Explorer   Common: Peatland Moss Lawn / Mud Bottom   Translated: (Toothed Peatmoss, Giant Peatmoss) - Cranberry Nonvascular Vegetation   Scientific: Sphagnum (cuspidatum, torreyanum) - Vaccinium macrocarpon Nonvascular Vegetation   Code: CEGL006394