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Name: Picea glauca / Vaccinium scoparium Forest
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Description: This white spruce community type is found in the Black Hills region of the United States. It had been found at elevations ranging from 1737-2040 m, where it occurs on calcareous, loamy soils on moderate slopes. The overstory is dominated by successfully reproducing <i>Picea glauca</i> with some mature <i>Populus tremuloides</i> and <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> remaining from earlier seral stages. The shrub layer is the most conspicuous understory layer. It is often dominated by <i>Vaccinium scoparium</i>. In some stands other shrubs may be more abundant, with only scattered <i>Vaccinium scoparium</i>. Other shrubs that are typically found are <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis, Mahonia repens, Spiraea betulifolia</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos albus</i>. Major herbaceous species are <i>Achillea millefolium, Galium boreale, Fragaria virginiana, Lathyrus ochroleucus</i>, and <i>Oryzopsis asperifolia</i>. Mosses and lichens are rare to common. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36955.CEGL000383
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:   Translated: White Spruce / Grouse Whortleberry Forest
  Scientific: Picea glauca / Vaccinium scoparium Forest
  Code: CEGL000383
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