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Populus tremuloides - Betula papyrifera Subboreal Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides - Betula papyrifera Subboreal Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance is found in the subboreal regions of the midwestern United States and in eastern Canada. This community is dominated by <i>Betula papyrifera</i> and <i>Populus tremuloides</i>, with a low cover (&lt;25%) of the conifers <i>Abies balsamea</i> and <i>Picea glauca</i> in the canopy, though they may be common in the subcanopy or the sapling layer. Common shrubs species include <i>Acer spicatum, Corylus cornuta, Diervilla lonicera</i>, and <i>Rosa acicularis</i>. The herbaceous stratum can include a diversity of forbs, including <i>Actaea rubra, Aralia nudicaulis, Clintonia borealis, Eurybia macrophylla, Maianthemum canadense</i>, and <i>Trientalis borealis</i>. Stands of this alliance are typically early-successional and become established on a variety of landscape positions. The soils are deep, well-drained to rapidly drained mineral soils. Soil textures are usually clay loamy but can be silt or fine sand. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39055-{12E63F34-B1DF-40E0-A7E5-512184DF2BCC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899896 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3844
  Translated: Quaking Aspen - Paper Birch Subboreal Forest Alliance
  Common: Subboreal Quaking Aspen - Paper Birch Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides - Betula papyrifera Subboreal Forest Alliance