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Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This white-cedar - black ash forest is found in the hemi- and sub-boreal regions of the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada where it occurs on wet, saturated soils. Substrate is well-decomposed peat and hummocky topography is present. Canopy cover is variable, sometimes fairly open. <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>, with or without <i>Fraxinus nigra</i>, dominates the canopy (some stands may have <i>Fraxinus</i> in the upper canopy and <i>Thuja</i> in the lower canopy). <i>Populus tremuloides</i> can be a major component, but this may be caused by logging of <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>. <i>Acer rubrum, Betula alleghaniensis</i>, and <i>Picea glauca</i> may also be present. Shrubs include <i>Acer spicatum, Cornus alternifolia, Lonicera canadensis, Ribes</i> spp., and <i>Rubus pubescens</i>. The herb layer includes <i>Aralia nudicaulis, Arisaema triphyllum, Clintonia borealis, Cornus canadensis, Dryopteris carthusiana, Galium triflorum, Maianthemum canadense, Tiarella cordifolia</i> and <i>Trientalis borealis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36648.CEGL005165
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:   Common: White-cedar - Black Ash Swamp
  Translated: Northern White-cedar - Black Ash Forest
  Scientific: Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Forest
  Code: CEGL005165
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689486 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo