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Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Treed Bog | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Treed Bog
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This plant association occurs throughout southeastern Alaska where it is widespread on peatlands on flat to gentle slopes at less than 460 m (1500 feet) elevation. This is an open forest wetland with <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i> as the main overstory tree averaging 18 m (60 feet) in height, while <i>Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana</i>, and <i>Picea sitchensis</i> occur in a shrub-like growth form. <i>Vaccinium ovalifolium, Menziesia ferruginea</i>, and <i>Vaccinium uliginosum</i> are abundant shrubs. <i>Lysichiton americanus</i> and <i>Rubus pedatus</i> are common as is <i>Carex aquatilis var. dives</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32086-{A519A6DA-A777-400D-AD61-72CABB1AEAD4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689333 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003203
  Translated: Lodgepole Pine / Sitka Sedge Treed Bog
  Scientific: Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Treed Bog
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003203
(similar) Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland
(similar) Pinus contorta / Carex aquatilis var. dives Woodland