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Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This plant association occurs throughout southeastern Alaska where it is widespread on peatlands on flat to gentle slopes at less than 460 m (1500 feet) elevation. This is an open forest wetland with <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i> as the main overstory tree averaging 60 feet in height, while <i>Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana</i>, and <i>Picea sitchensis</i> occur in a shrub-like growth form. <i>Vaccinium ovalifolium, Menziesia ferruginea</i>, and <i>Vaccinium uliginosum</i> are abundant shrubs. <i>Lysichiton americanus</i> and <i>Rubus pedatus</i> are common as is <i>Carex aquatilis var. dives (= Carex sitchensis)</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.33193.CEGL003203 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.2.689333 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Lodgepole Pine / Sitka Sedge Woodland   Scientific: Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland   Code: CEGL003203