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Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This white spruce community type is known only from the Black Hills in the United States. It is on northwest- to northeast-facing slopes with loamy soils. It has been found at elevations ranging from 1768-1958 m. The canopy is closed and dominated by <i>Picea glauca</i>. <i>Populus tremuloides</i> and <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> may also be present. There is a prominent shrub layer over a less dense herbaceous layer. Mosses and lichens are common. <i>Linnaea borealis</i> is the dominant understory species. <i>Juniperus communis, Mahonia repens, Rosa acicularis, Shepherdia canadensis</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos albus</i> are common shrub associates. In the herbaceous layer <i>Galium boreale, Hedysarum alpinum, Lathyrus ochroleucus</i>, and <i>Viola adunca</i> are common. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29291-{DD21DBF3-625F-41FE-A2E3-0425DFF3164A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Oct-1995 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687009 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000382
  Translated: White Spruce / Twinflower Forest
  Scientific: Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000382
(similar) Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest
(similar) Picea glauca / Linnaea borealis Forest