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Vaccinium uliginosum - Mixed Alpine Heath Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Vaccinium uliginosum - Mixed Alpine Heath Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes alpine dwarf-shrublands generally characterized by <i>Vaccinium uliginosum</i>, often mixed with other dwarf-shrubs and lesser amounts of graminoids and forbs. Other species associated with this alliance include <i>Betula glandulosa, Empetrum nigrum, Ledum groenlandicum, Rhododendron lapponicum, Salix uva-ursi, Vaccinium vitis-idaea</i>, and the herbs <i>Carex bigelowii, Cornus canadensis, Juncus trifidus, Minuartia groenlandica, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata</i>, and <i>Solidago multiradiata</i>. These communities are restricted to alpine areas in the Northern Appalachian and eastern alpine regions on the Canadian Shield. Typically they occur above timberline on exposed, windswept mountain summits, ridges, and bedrock-dominated tablelands. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38169-{D99D49F2-5CAA-40CE-90E8-C50E56911B5F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899077 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A1116
  Translated: Bog Blueberry - Mixed Alpine Heath Alliance
  Common: Bog Blueberry - Mixed Alpine Heath
  Scientific: Vaccinium uliginosum - Mixed Alpine Heath Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) A.1116
(similar) Vaccinium uliginosum Dwarf-shrubland Alliance