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Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Fen Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association occurs in low-elevation peatlands on the coastal plain of the western Olympic Peninsula of Washington. It occurs only in nutrient-poor portions of stream-associated fens (sometimes called bogs) that are seasonally flooded in the winter with minerotrophic water (limnogenous peatlands, i.e., peatlands along a flowing water system). The soils are composed of sphagnum, fibrous, and heath peat and are wet year-round. The deciduous broad-leaved <i>Myrica gale</i> dominates the open to closed shrub layer (15-90% cover and varying from 0.3 to 2 m tall). The forb <i>Sanguisorba officinalis</i> is always present and typically codominates the herbaceous layer. One of the graminoids <i>Carex utriculata, Carex aquatilis var. dives</i>, or <i>Deschampsia cespitosa</i> are typically also codominant, and the former two species are usually present. <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. dominate the moss layer with at least 10% cover, usually more. The combination of dominant <i>Myrica gale</i> in the shrub layer, abundant <i>Sphagnum</i>, and the presence of <i>Sanguisorba officinalis</i> distinguishes the association.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32301-{B8E142C3-0179-4C30-9665-6ED89977F9F7} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii - Vaccinium cespitosum Shrub Fen Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687156 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL003419   Translated: Sweetgale / Great Burnet / Peatmoss species Fen   Scientific: Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Fen (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland (similar) Myrica gale / Sanguisorba officinalis / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland (similar) CEGL003419