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Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This jack pine - black spruce rocky woodland is found in central Canada and adjacent boreal forests of the Great Lakes in the United States. Stands typically occur on shallow, sandy or rocky sites. Soils vary from talus slopes and bare bedrock to deep mineral soils of coarse to fine sand. The tree canopy is open, with scattered <i>Pinus banksiana</i> and <i>Picea mariana</i>. The understory is quite open, with scattered clumps of shrubby <i>Picea mariana</i>. The dwarf-shrub layer contains <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i> and <i>Vaccinium myrtilloides</i>. The herbaceous layer is sparse, containing <i>Cornus canadensis, Maianthemum canadense</i>, and <i>Melampyrum lineare</i>. The moss layer contains <i>Dicranum polysetum</i> and <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i>. Lichens include <i>Cladonia rangiferina, Cladonia arbuscula ssp. mitis</i>, and <i>Cladonia stellaris</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31391-{1145B96A-8D68-4085-AC05-16F702860780}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 18
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Dec-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685740 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002483
  Translated: Jack Pine - (Black Spruce, Eastern White Pine) / Blueberry species Rocky Woodland
  Common: Subboreal Jack Pine Rocky Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002483
(similar) Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland
(similar) Pinus banksiana - (Picea mariana, Pinus strobus) / Vaccinium spp. Rocky Woodland