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Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / Sphagnum spp. Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / Sphagnum spp. Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association is a shrub-dominated peatland (sphagnum bog or poor fen) that occurs around low-elevation lakes and very slowing-moving streams on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula of Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is saturated year-round and in some cases is seasonally flooded with minerotrophic water. Soils are sphagnum, fibrous and heath peat. The dense deciduous shrub layer is dominated by <i>Myrica gale</i> and codominated by <i>Spiraea douglasii</i>. The herbaceous layer is characterized by <i>Trientalis europaea ssp. arctica</i>, and is otherwise variable. The moss layer is dominated by <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., usually &gt;40% cover. The combination of dominant <i>Myrica gale</i> and abundant <i>Spiraea douglasii</i> and <i>Sphagnum</i> is diagnostic. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32302-{A0C9E7D2-C0B0-4339-89F6-817A73BD7C11}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687157 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003420
  Translated: Sweetgale - Rose Spirea / Peatmoss species Fen
  Scientific: Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / Sphagnum spp. Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003420
(similar) Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland
(similar) Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / Sphagnum spp. Shrubland