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Chamaedaphne calyculata - Kalmia polifolia / Carex oligosperma Acidic Shrub Bog & Fen Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Chamaedaphne calyculata - Kalmia polifolia / Carex oligosperma Acidic Shrub Bog & Fen Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance is found in the northern regions of the midwestern and northeastern United States as well as many boreal regions of eastern Canada in what are typically referred to as "bogs" and "poor fens." Stands of this alliance occur both in areas that are truly ombrotrophic (receiving nutrients from rainfall only), with pH &lt;4.2, and areas that are somewhat influenced by groundwater. In the north, this alliance often develops in areas on <i>Picea mariana</i> bogs that become too wet to support black spruce. The ground layer is dominated by ericaceous dwarf-shrubs (&gt;25% cover). In the north, scattered and stunted (&lt;5 m tall) <i>Picea mariana</i> and <i>Larix laricina</i> scrub may be present, but tree cover is less than 10%. The ground layer is dominated by <i>Chamaedaphne calyculata</i>, with <i>Kalmia polifolia</i> and <i>Andromeda polifolia var. glaucophylla</i> typical associates in subboreal and boreal regions. Other characteristic species in these regions are <i>Drosera rotundifolia</i> and <i>Sarracenia purpurea</i>. The ground layer has a continuous mat of sphagnum mosses, usually dominated by <i>Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum fuscum</i>, or <i>Sphagnum angustifolium</i>. In the southern portion of the range, vegetation of this alliance is found in mucky peat-burns or other openings which form a mosaic with various shrublands (e.g., <i>Cyrilla racemiflora - Zenobia pulverulenta</i> shrubland) in low, medium, or high pocosins (including ombrotrophic blanket bogs) of the Outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Other characteristic species include <i>Calamovilfa brevipilis, Carex striata var. striata, Eriophorum virginicum, Lysimachia asperulifolia, Nymphaea odorata, Peltandra virginica, Polygala brevifolia, Rhynchospora alba, Utricularia subulata</i>, and <i>Vaccinium macrocarpon</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38766-{7610B0F8-0DA4-4E01-BF07-E2EA47A0F6AA}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899604 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3481
  Translated: Leatherleaf - Bog Laurel / Few-seed Sedge Acidic Shrub Bog & Fen Alliance
  Common: Leatherleaf Acidic Shrub Bog & Fen
  Scientific: Chamaedaphne calyculata - Kalmia polifolia / Carex oligosperma Acidic Shrub Bog & Fen Alliance