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Pinus rigida - Picea rubens / Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus rigida - Picea rubens / Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This coniferous swamp of the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia and the Catskills of New York occurs on saturated peat deposits over acidic bedrock. The open dwarfed canopy is characterized by <i>Pinus rigida</i> and <i>Picea rubens</i>. The shrub layers are characterized by <i>Nemopanthus mucronatus, Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides, Vaccinium myrtilloides</i>, and in West Virginia, <i>Rhododendron maximum</i>. The herbaceous layer supports <i>Gaultheria procumbens, Coptis trifolia, Dalibarda repens, Carex trisperma</i>, and in West Virginia examples, <i>Eriophorum virginicum, Epigaea repens, Rhynchospora alba</i>, and <i>Vaccinium oxycoccos</i>. The nonvascular layer is well-developed and composed of <i>Sphagnum</i> species. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35208-{9CF5093D-1B6E-451F-B6FC-8F749A99EB30}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-May-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.801805 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006587
  Translated: Pitch Pine - Red Spruce / Withe-rod / Peatmoss species Swamp Woodland
  Common: Allegheny Pitch Pine - Red Spruce Peat Swamp Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus rigida - Picea rubens / Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides / Sphagnum spp. Swamp Woodland
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(similar) Pinus rigida - Picea rubens / Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides / Sphagnum spp. Woodland