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Picea rubens / Vaccinium angustifolium Northern Appalachian Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea rubens / Vaccinium angustifolium Northern Appalachian Woodland Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: These are evergreen woodlands dominated by <i>Picea rubens</i> that occur in the Northern Appalachian and Acadian regions of the northeastern U.S. and Atlantic Canada on acidic bedrock or talus at high elevations. <i>Picea mariana</i> may occasionally be the dominant instead of <i>Picea rubens</i>. In the northern part of the range, associated canopy trees include <i>Abies balsamea, Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera</i>, and <i>Betula papyrifera var. cordifolia</i>. Shrubs include <i>Acer spicatum, Gaylussacia baccata, Ribes glandulosum, Sorbus americana, Vaccinium angustifolium</i>, and <i>Vaccinium myrtilloides</i>; typical herbs are <i>Clintonia borealis, Juncus trifidus, Piptatheropsis pungens, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata</i>, and <i>Solidago simplex var. randii</i>. These woodlands are often stunted and grade into montane shrublands. Stands occur either on steep, seepy boulderfields, on ridges and steep slopes with northeast to southwest exposures, above 1370 m (4500 feet) elevation, or at lower elevations on cold, clayey or rocky soils. Soils are shallow, often only a thin layer of duff overlying bedrock.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38601-{BAED2BF1-3F11-41F3-A269-48A350F76E52} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Picea rubens - Abies balsamea - Betula papyrifera Forest Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Picea mariana / Kalmia angustifolia Woodland   Picea rubens / Vaccinium angustifolium / Sibbaldiopsis tridentata Woodland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899438 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3314   Translated: Red Spruce / Lowbush Blueberry Northern Appalachian Woodland Alliance   Common: Northern Appalachian Red Spruce Rocky Woodland   Scientific: Picea rubens / Vaccinium angustifolium Northern Appalachian Woodland Alliance