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Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland
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Description: This jack pine - black spruce rocky woodland is found in central Canada and adjacent boreal forests of the Great Lakes in the United States. Stands typically occur on shallow, sandy or rocky sites. Soils vary from talus slopes and bare bedrock to deep mineral soils of coarse to fine sand. The tree canopy is open, with scattered <i>Pinus banksiana</i> and <i>Picea mariana</i>. The understory is quite open, with scattered clumps of shrubby <i>Picea mariana</i>. The dwarf-shrub layer contains <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i> and <i>Vaccinium myrtilloides</i>. The herbaceous layer is sparse, containing <i>Cornus canadensis, Maianthemum canadense</i>, and <i>Melampyrum lineare</i>. The moss layer contains <i>Dicranum polysetum</i> and <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i>. Lichens include <i>Cladina rangiferina (= Cladonia rangiferina), Cladina mitis (= Cladonia mitis)</i>, and <i>Cladina stellaris</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36837.CEGL002483
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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Names:   Common: Hemi-Boreal Pine Rocky Woodland
  Translated: Jack Pine - (Black Spruce, Eastern White Pine) / Blueberry species Rocky Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland
  Code: CEGL002483
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685740 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo