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Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrub Bog | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrub Bog
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is found only on the southeastern and western Olympic Peninsula of Washington, at low elevations. It is found only in drier portions of bogs, and may be associated with past fires set primarily by Native Americans. It is seasonally saturated or flooded and then dry in the summer. There is a relatively thin veneer of heath, fibrous, and sphagnum peat over mineral soil. The open shrub layer (0.6-1.3 m tall) is dominated by the evergreen broad-leaved <i>Kalmia microphylla</i> and <i>Ledum groenlandicum</i>. <i>Gaultheria shallon</i> is always present, typically subdominant. The herb layer is dominated by <i>Xerophyllum tenax</i>, with the fern <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i> sometimes codominant. Small amounts of <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are usually present (&lt;3% cover). The association is distinguished by the codominance of <i>Xerophyllum tenax</i> and <i>Kalmia microphylla</i> or <i>Ledum groenlandicum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32241-{41245FEB-AF0D-4152-9287-16FD1903B250}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683091 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003359
  Translated: Alpine Laurel - Bog Labrador-tea / Common Beargrass Shrub Bog
  Scientific: Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrub Bog
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003359
(similar) Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrubland
(similar) Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Dwarf-shrubland