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Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Swamp Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Swamp Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This white-cedar - black ash forest is found in the hemi- and subboreal regions of the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada where it occurs on wet, saturated soils. Substrate is well-decomposed peat and hummocky topography is present. Canopy cover is variable, sometimes fairly open. <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>, with or without <i>Fraxinus nigra</i>, dominates the canopy (some stands may have <i>Fraxinus</i> in the upper canopy and <i>Thuja</i> in the lower canopy). <i>Populus tremuloides</i> can be a major component, but this may be caused by logging of <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>. <i>Acer rubrum, Betula alleghaniensis</i>, and <i>Picea glauca</i> may also be present. Shrubs include <i>Acer spicatum, Cornus alternifolia, Lonicera canadensis, Ribes</i> spp., and <i>Rubus pubescens</i>. The herb layer includes <i>Aralia nudicaulis, Arisaema triphyllum, Clintonia borealis, Cornus canadensis, Dryopteris carthusiana, Galium triflorum, Maianthemum canadense, Tiarella cordifolia</i> and <i>Trientalis borealis</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33929-{9949D481-2A21-42DA-B258-B5964B4EFDEC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 8
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Jun-2013 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689486 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005165
  Translated: Northern White-cedar - Black Ash Swamp Forest
  Common: Northern White-cedar - Black Ash Swamp
  Scientific: Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Swamp Forest
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(similar) CEGL005165
(similar) Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Forest
(similar) Thuja occidentalis - Fraxinus nigra Forest