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Dasiphora fruticosa - Myrica gale - Trichophorum alpinum Alkaline Shrub Fen Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa - Myrica gale - Trichophorum alpinum Alkaline Shrub Fen Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This rich shrub fen alliance is found across the eastern boreal regions of Canada and the adjacent United States. It is dominated by low shrubs, sometimes with greater than 60% cover. Graminoids less than 1 m tall and mosses make up the remainder of the vegetation. The most abundant shrubs are <i>Myrica gale, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>, and sometimes <i>Salix</i> spp. or <i>Thuja occidentalis</i>. <i>Chamaedaphne calyculata</i> is typically uncommon to absent. Typical herbaceous species include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis, Carex lasiocarpa</i>, and <i>Carex rostrata</i>. Brown mosses and <i>Sphagnum</i> spp. are common in the peat layer. Stands occur on raised "strings" on minerotrophic patterned peatlands, as well as localized areas associated with discharge of rich groundwater. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38763-{2D17C5C1-23D9-4016-932D-283462E0C0D8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899601 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3478
  Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweetgale - Alpine Bulrush Alkaline Shrub Fen Alliance
  Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweetgale - Alpine Bulrush Alkaline Shrub Fen
  Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa - Myrica gale - Trichophorum alpinum Alkaline Shrub Fen Alliance