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Thuja plicata - Tsuga heterophylla / Lysichiton americanus / Sphagnum spp. Treed Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Thuja plicata - Tsuga heterophylla / Lysichiton americanus / Sphagnum spp. Treed Fen Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association occurs in poor fens or bogs of wet coastal Washington and British Columbia. Topography can be basins or gentle slopes. Soils are generally saturated and composed of sphagnum, fibrous and heath peat, and woody material. The open, relatively stunted tree canopy is dominated by evergreen conifers <i>Thuja plicata</i> and <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. <i>Picea sitchensis</i> is also frequent. The shrub layer, rooted on woody debris, is dominated by evergreen <i>Gaultheria shallon</i>, with frequent <i>Menziesia ferruginea, Frangula purshiana</i> (mostly in Washington), and <i>Vaccinium ovalifolium</i>. The herbaceous layer is characterized by abundant <i>Lysichiton americanus</i> and <i>Blechnum spicant</i>. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. usually dominate the moss layer and are always present. This association is distinguished by an open tree canopy of <i>Thuja</i> and <i>Tsuga</i> with at least 5% cover of <i>Lysichiton americanus</i> and <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., and the absence or paucity of both <i>Ledum</i> and <i>Myrica</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30696-{3BB56635-9DFC-4092-8B6D-5B6E49A9DDAD} 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: Tsuga heterophylla - Picea sitchensis / Lysichiton americanus Swamp Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683415 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001787   Translated: Western Red-cedar - Western Hemlock / American Skunk-cabbage / Peatmoss species Treed Fen   Scientific: Thuja plicata - Tsuga heterophylla / Lysichiton americanus / Sphagnum spp. Treed Fen (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL001787 (similar) Thuja plicata - Tsuga heterophylla / Lysichiton americanus / Sphagnum spp. Forest (similar) Thuja plicata - Tsuga heterophylla / Lysichiton americanus / Sphagnum spp. Forest