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Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrubland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association is found only on the southeastern and western Olympic Peninsula of Washington, at low elevations. It is found only in drier portions of bogs, and may be associated with past fires set primarily by Native Americans. It is seasonally saturated or flooded and then dry in the summer. There is a relatively thin veneer of heath, fibrous, and sphagnum peat over mineral soil. The open shrub layer (0.6-1.3 m tall) is dominated by the evergreen broad-leaved <i>Kalmia microphylla (= Kalmia occidentalis)</i> and <i>Ledum groenlandicum</i>. <i>Gaultheria shallon</i> is always present, typically subdominant. The herb layer is dominated by <i>Xerophyllum tenax</i>, with the fern <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i> sometimes codominant. Small amounts of <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are usually present (&lt;3% cover). The association is distinguished by the codominance of <i>Xerophyllum tenax</i> and <i>Kalmia microphylla</i> or <i>Ledum groenlandicum</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.32140.CEGL003359 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.2.683091 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Alpine Laurel - Bog Labrador-tea / Common Beargrass Shrubland   Scientific: Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrubland   Code: CEGL003359