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Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Fen | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Fen
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This white-cedar scrub fen type is found in southern Ontario, Canada, and possibly in adjacent northern areas of the Great Lakes states in the United States. Stands contain at least 40 cm or more of brown moss or sedge peat. Stands are rarely flooded, primarily saturated, and the pH is slightly alkaline to mildly acidic. The vegetation contains a scrub layer between 1 and 2 m tall dominated by <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>, with occasional <i>Myrica gale</i>. The ground layer contains a rich diversity of herbs and mosses, including <i>Trichophorum alpinum</i> and <i>Drepanocladus</i> spp. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33957-{E4BAA62A-751E-4415-A5F0-DEB377FFB630}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-1999 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689327 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005193
  Translated: Northern White-cedar - (Sweetgale) / Alpine Bulrush / Brown Moss species Fen
  Common: Northern White-cedar - Sweetgale Scrub Fen
  Scientific: Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Fen
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL005193
(similar) Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland
(similar) Thuja occidentalis - (Myrica gale) / Trichophorum alpinum / Drepanocladus spp. Shrubland