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Myrica gale / Boykinia intermedia - Carex obnupta Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Myrica gale / Boykinia intermedia - Carex obnupta Shrubland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association occurs only around Lake Ozette on the western Olympic Peninsula of Washington. It is seasonally flooded. The soils are composed primarily of sand with some fibrous and heath peat. The open to closed shrub layer is 0.3-2.0 m tall and dominated primarily by the deciduous <i>Myrica gale</i> and secondarily by <i>Spiraea douglasii</i>. The herb layer is dominated by <i>Boykinia intermedia</i> and <i>Carex obnupta</i>. <i>Deschampsia caespitosa</i> codominates where the shrub canopy is open. An Asteraceae sp. and <i>Dichanthelium acuminatum</i> are usually present. This association is distinguished by the dominance or codominance of <i>Myrica gale, Boykinia intermedia</i>, and <i>Carex obnupta</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.33546.CEGL003336 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.2.689590 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Sweetgale / Sierra Brookfoam / Slough Sedge Shrubland   Scientific: Myrica gale / Boykinia intermedia - Carex obnupta Shrubland   Code: CEGL003336