Login | Datasets | Logout
Jump to... Home PLOT search PLANT search COMMUNITY search Simple search Manage datasets Tutorial About FAQ ------- Site map VegBranch Data dictionary ERD

stdcommconcept4296642966

View Community Concepts - Detail

Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Treed Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
click to update datacart
Name: Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Treed Fen Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association occurs in low-elevation poor fens and bogs on the western Olympic Peninsula and in outer coastal British Columbia. Soils are a mixture of fibrous, heath, woody and sphagnum peat, and are wet year-round at or slightly below the surface. Seasonal winter flooding is probably also an important process. The evergreen conifer tree canopy is open and stunted, usually not over 10 m tall. <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i> and <i>Thuja plicata</i> are typically codominant, with <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i> usually present and occasionally codominant. The shrub layer is dominated or codominated by broad-leaved deciduous <i>Myrica gale</i>, and sometimes codominated by evergreen <i>Gaultheria shallon</i> or <i>Ledum groenlandicum</i>. The herbaceous layer is typically dominated or codominated by <i>Lysichiton americanus</i> (&gt;10% cover). The well-developed moss layer is typically dominated by <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., which always exceeds 10% cover. This association is distinguished by codominance of <i>Thuja plicata, Pinus contorta, Myrica gale</i>, and <i>Sphagnum</i> spp.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30600-{2A2AEA4F-76DD-407A-A911-1F02636F207C} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus contorta / Ledum groenlandicum Treed Bog & Fen Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688908 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001691   Translated: Beach Pine - Western Red-cedar / Sweetgale / Peatmoss species Treed Fen   Scientific: Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Treed Fen (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland (similar) CEGL001691 (similar) Pinus contorta var. contorta - Thuja plicata / Myrica gale / Sphagnum spp. Woodland