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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
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683283 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  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