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Betula pumila - Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex lasiocarpa - Trichophorum alpinum Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Betula pumila - Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex lasiocarpa - Trichophorum alpinum Fen Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This extremely rich boreal shrub fen community is found in the northern Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and probably elsewhere in central Canada. Stands occur in water tracks of large peatlands. Water pH is slightly acidic to circumneutral (5.8-7.8). Shrubs dominate the stand, covering at least 25% of the area. Dominants include <i>Betula pumila, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Salix</i> spp. (including <i>Salix pedicellaris</i>). Scrubby forms of the tree species <i>Thuja occidentalis</i> and <i>Larix laricina</i> often occur with the shrubs on the hummocks. Other shrubs and dwarf-shrubs include <i>Andromeda polifolia, Chamaedaphne calyculata, Vaccinium oxycoccos</i> and others. The herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Carex lasiocarpa, Carex buxbaumii, Carex livida</i>, and <i>Calamagrostis stricta</i>. Other graminoids include <i>Trichophorum alpinum, Carex interior</i> and <i>Carex limosa</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31403-{2DB725EC-76BF-4E33-A844-E817547E06AA} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 19-Dec-1998 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Dasiphora fruticosa - Myrica gale - Trichophorum alpinum Alkaline Shrub Fen Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683283 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002495   Translated: Bog Birch - Shrubby-cinquefoil / Woolly-fruit Sedge - Alpine Bulrush Fen   Common: Bog Birch - Shrubby-cinquefoil Rich Boreal Fen   Scientific: Betula pumila - Dasiphora fruticosa / Carex lasiocarpa - Trichophorum alpinum Fen (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002495 (similar) Betula pumila - Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex lasiocarpa - Trichophorum alpinum Shrubland (similar) Betula pumila - Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Carex lasiocarpa - Trichophorum alpinum Shrubland