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Picea rubens / Ribes glandulosum Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea rubens / Ribes glandulosum Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association includes steep, seepy boulderfields dominated by <i>Picea rubens</i>. Well-developed boulderfields have near 100% ground cover of large rocks, with soil present only locally. Plants capable of rooting in moss mats or shallow soil make up most of the community. It is found at slightly higher elevations than and is transitional to ~<i>Betula alleghaniensis / Ribes glandulosum / Polypodium appalachianum</i> Forest (CEGL006124)$$ of lower elevations. This association is distinguished from all other types by having large rocks covering most of the ground (more than 90%) and lower strata composed largely of boulderfield plant species such as <i>Ribes glandulosum, Polypodium appalachianum</i>, and mosses. While many spruce-fir forests of all types are rocky and have shallow soil, this type is reserved for the rare extreme setting of well-developed boulderfields. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35432-{11B52B7A-5BEC-4914-8E31-003DA169F437}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Jul-2011 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683985 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007128
  Translated: Red Spruce / Skunk Currant Forest
  Common: Appalachian Red Spruce Boulderfield Forest
  Scientific: Picea rubens / Ribes glandulosum Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007128
(similar) Picea rubens / Ribes glandulosum Forest
(similar) Picea rubens / Ribes glandulosum Forest