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Picea mariana / Pleurozium schreberi Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Picea mariana / Pleurozium schreberi Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This black spruce / feathermoss forest is found widely throughout the hemi-boreal regions of Canada and into adjacent areas of the midwestern United States, especially Minnesota. Stands occur on level to gently sloping ground. Soils are typically moderately well-drained, coarse loams, sands, and silts. The canopy of this community is closed and heavily dominated by <i>Picea mariana</i> with small amounts of <i>Abies balsamea, Betula papyrifera, Picea glauca, Pinus banksiana</i>, and <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. The shrub and herb layers are poorly developed. Species that are most abundant in these layers include the shrubs <i>Corylus cornuta, Gaultheria procumbens, Ledum groenlandicum, Rosa acicularis, Vaccinium angustifolium</i>, and <i>Vaccinium myrtilloides</i> and the herbs <i>Eurybia macrophylla (= Aster macrophyllus), Cornus canadensis, Equisetum arvense</i>, and <i>Maianthemum canadense</i>. Feathermosses, particularly <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i>, are very abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37002.CEGL002447
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: Black Spruce / Feathermoss Forest
  Translated: Black Spruce / Schreber's Big Red-stem Moss Forest
  Scientific: Picea mariana / Pleurozium schreberi Forest
  Code: CEGL002447
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688759 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo