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Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association occurs in low-elevation poor fens and bogs on the western Olympic Peninsula and in outer coastal British Columbia. Soils are a mixture of fibrous, heath, woody and sphagnum peat, and are wet year-round at or slightly below the surface. Seasonal winter flooding is probably also an important process. The evergreen conifer tree canopy is open and stunted, usually not over 10 m tall. <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i> and <i>Thuja plicata</i> are typically codominant, with <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> usually present and occasionally codominant. The shrub layer is dominated or codominated by broad-leaved deciduous <i>Myrica gale</i>, and sometimes codominated by evergreen <i>Gaultheria shallon</i> or <i>Ledum groenlandicum</i>. The herbaceous layer is typically dominated or codominated by <i>Lysichiton americanus</i> (>10% cover). The well-developed moss layer is typically dominated by <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., which always exceeds>10% cover. This association is distinguished by codominance of <i>Thuja plicata, Pinus contorta, Myrica gale</i>, and <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33062.CEGL001691
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]
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  Translated: Beach Pine - Western Red-cedar / Sweetgale / Peatmoss species Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland
  Code: CEGL001691