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Rhynchospora alba - (Vaccinium oxycoccos) / Sphagnum tenellum Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Rhynchospora alba - (Vaccinium oxycoccos) / Sphagnum tenellum Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: From Kunze (1994): This community type commonly occurs throughout the northern Puget Trough lowlands of Washington. It is typically found in a wide band along the quaking margin of a sphagnum mat, near open water or just inland of a <i>Carex cusickii</i> bog community type. Small pockets of this type can also be found in wet depressions in firmer, drier portions of sphagnum bogs. The substrate is sphagnum peat. Soils are saturated year-round. The vegetation in this community is low-growing and dominated by <i>Rhynchospora alba</i> and <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. <i>Vaccinium oxycoccos</i> is often abundant to codominant. Abundance of other plant species is variable. Shrub species, when found, have a short growth form. Reindeer lichen, <i>Cladina rangiferina</i>, often occurs on drier microsites within this community type. Additional taxa may include <i>Carex leptalea, Carex pauciflora, Carex rostrata, Eriophorum chamissonis, Ledum groenlandicum, Lycopus uniflorus</i>, and <i>Lysichiton americanum</i>. The vegetation in this zone is often highly trampled by wildlife and in some cases by humans.  Accession Code: VB.CC.32771.CEGL003338 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.2.686113 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: White Beaksedge - (Small Cranberry) / Delicate Peatmoss Herbaceous Vegetation   Scientific: Rhynchospora alba - (Vaccinium oxycoccos) / Sphagnum tenellum Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL003338