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Picea glauca Alluvial Black Hills Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Picea glauca Alluvial Black Hills Forest Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: The white spruce alluvial forest type is only known from the Black Hills of the United States. In the Hills, it is restricted to higher elevations in the Central Core and on the Limestone Plateau. It occurs in both narrow high-gradient drainages, and in broader lower-gradient drainage bottoms. The type is characterized by somewhat open to closed canopies dominated by <i>Picea glauca</i>. The understory is highly variable. Smaller spruce and <i>Pinus ponderosa</i>, as well as <i>Populus tremuloides, Betula papyrifera</i> and <i>Acer negundo</i>, may form a subcanopy. The understory may be sparse, with shrub and herbaceous cover each less than 25%. At other sites, the understory consists of species typical of riparian shrubland and wet meadow types, including <i>Salix bebbiana, Betula occidentalis, Cornus sericea, Calamagrostis canadensis</i>, and <i>Carex nebrascensis</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.36954.CEGL002057 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 Spruce Alluvial Black Hills Forest   Translated: White Spruce Alluvial Black Hills Forest   Scientific: Picea glauca Alluvial Black Hills Forest   Code: CEGL002057   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688962 NatureServe Explorer