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Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata) / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Treed Bog | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata) / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Treed Bog
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is a common community type found throughout the northern Puget Trough lowlands of Washington. It can occur on saturated quaking bog mats or on relatively dry portions of bogs. Substrates are a mixture of sphagnum, fibrous, heath and woody peat. The vegetation is characterized by the abundance of <i>Tsuga heterophylla</i>. Trees form an open overstory and generally are widely and irregularly spaced. The trees range from being highly stunted to moderately tall. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32221-{92AD65C0-0ABE-4C56-8F98-DEB8164CF091}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 04-Jan-2016 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688620 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003339
  Translated: Western Hemlock - (Western Red-cedar) / Bog Labrador-tea / Peatmoss species Treed Bog
  Scientific: Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata) / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Treed Bog
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata) / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Forest
(similar) Tsuga heterophylla - (Thuja plicata) / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Woodland