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Thuja occidentalis Carbonate Talus Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Thuja occidentalis Carbonate Talus Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This white-cedar evergreen woodland type is found on talus in the upper midwestern United States and Canada, including limited areas of Michigan and southern Ontario. Stands are found on limestone or dolostone (carbonate) talus. Stand structure varies from patchy and barren (20-40%) to more closed (40-70%) tree canopy. The dominant species is <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>, with typical associates including <i>Acer saccharum, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula papyrifera, Fraxinus americana, Ostrya virginiana, Picea glauca</i>, and <i>Tsuga canadensis</i>. Tall shrubs include <i>Acer spicatum, Cornus rugosa</i>, and <i>Sambucus racemosa</i>. Herbaceous species include <i>Asplenium trichomanes, Cystopteris bulbifera, Dryopteris marginalis, Geranium robertianum</i>, and <i>Polypodium virginianum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33936-{00F0690C-2F24-4070-8A4A-6CE1B69E9BA0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 19-Nov-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687642 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005172
  Translated: Northern White-cedar Carbonate Talus Woodland
  Common: Northern White-cedar Carbonate Talus Woodland
  Scientific: Thuja occidentalis Carbonate Talus Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL005172
(similar) Thuja occidentalis Carbonate Talus Woodland
(similar) Thuja occidentalis Carbonate Talus Woodland