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Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland
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Description: This white-cedar scrub fen type is found in southern Ontario, Canada, and possibly in adjacent northern areas of the Great Lakes states in the United States. Stands contain at least 40 cm or more of brown moss or sedge peat. Stands are rarely flooded, primarily saturated, and the pH is slightly alkaline to mildly acidic. The vegetation contains a scrub layer between 1 and 2 m tall dominated by <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>, with occasional <i>Myrica gale</i>. The ground layer contains a rich diversity of herbs and mosses, including <i>Trichophorum alpinum (= Scirpus hudsonianus)</i> and <i>Drepanocladus</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36651.CEGL005193
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: White-cedar - Sweetgale Scrub Fen
  Scientific: Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland
  Code: CEGL005193
  Translated: Northern White-cedar - (Sweetgale) / Alpine Bulrush / Brown Moss species Shrubland
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