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Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Treed Bog | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Treed Bog
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This plant association occurs on peatlands in southeastern Alaska from sea level to alpine. The topography includes broken mountain slopes, hillslopes, and, most frequently, lowlands. The soils are very poorly drained and consist of deep organic material. The overstory averages 50% cover and is dominated by <i>Pinus contorta var. contorta</i>. <i>Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Thuja plicata</i>, and <i>Callitropsis nootkatensis</i> are common codominants and also common in the understory. Tall-shrub cover averages 40% dominated by <i>Vaccinium ovalifolium</i> and <i>Menziesia ferruginea</i>. Low shrubs are also abundant, including <i>Vaccinium vitis-idaea</i> and <i>Ledum groenlandicum</i>. Herbaceous cover averages over 40% and includes <i>Cornus canadensis, Lysichiton americanus, Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, Carex pauciflora, Carex aquatilis var. dives</i>, and <i>Carex anthoxanthea</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32089-{5499A5B1-32D7-4B83-94EA-1A64917AC278}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689194 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003206
  Translated: Lodgepole Pine / Oval-leaf Blueberry Treed Bog
  Scientific: Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Treed Bog
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003206
(similar) Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland
(similar) Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland