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Picea mariana / Pleurozium schreberi Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea mariana / Pleurozium schreberi Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This black spruce / feathermoss forest is found widely throughout the subboreal 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, Cornus canadensis, Equisetum arvense</i>, and <i>Maianthemum canadense</i>. Feathermosses, particularly <i>Pleurozium schreberi</i>, are very abundant. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31355-{16EBCA9F-BC00-4CCC-8792-8B5F7E9992B0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 37
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 24-Jun-2013 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688759 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002447
  Translated: Black Spruce / Schreber's Big Red-stem Moss Forest
  Common: Black Spruce / Red-stem Moss Forest
  Scientific: Picea mariana / Pleurozium schreberi Forest
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