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Picea engelmannii / Linnaea borealis Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea engelmannii / Linnaea borealis Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This forest association has been described from western and south-central Montana and northwestern Wyoming. Sites supporting stands of this association are in the habitat type of the same name, and include steep slopes, gentle northeastern slopes, alluvial terraces, and well-drained benches that shed cold air, in an altitude range of 1890-2500 m (6200-8200 feet). The soils are generally non-calcareous. The vegetation consists of a tree overstory dominated or codominated by <i>Picea engelmannii</i> and often containing the seral species <i>Pinus contorta</i> and <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>. <i>Picea engelmannii</i> and/or the <i>Picea x albertiana</i> hybrid are the diagnostic tree species in this forest association. The shrub layer often is dominated by <i>Vaccinium membranaceum, Vaccinium scoparium, Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata</i>, or <i>Symphoricarpos albus</i>. <i>Juniperus communis</i> (typical of dry sites) may also be a common species in southern stands. <i>Linnaea borealis</i> contributes at least 5% of the undergrowth cover and often dominates or codominates the undergrowth. Other common species are <i>Calamagrostis rubescens</i> (which may dominate the undergrowth), <i>Arnica cordifolia, Chamerion angustifolium, Fragaria vesca, Osmorhiza berteroi</i>, and <i>Orthilia secunda</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31597-{C1163E68-05CB-45D9-9DDE-801DCB798822}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 05-Feb-2001 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688407 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002689
  Translated: Engelmann Spruce / Twinflower Forest
  Scientific: Picea engelmannii / Linnaea borealis Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002689
(similar) Picea engelmannii / Linnaea borealis Forest
(similar) Picea engelmannii / Linnaea borealis Forest