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Arctic Acidic Low Willow Tundra Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Arctic Acidic Low Willow Tundra Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This shrub tundra group is common throughout arctic and subarctic Alaska on mesic to moist sideslopes and ridges in the Brooks Range foothills and also high-centered polygonal tundra of the Arctic Coastal Plain. Vegetation is dominated by low-shrub willows, including <i>Salix richardsonii, Salix pulchra</i>, and <i>Salix glauca</i>. Associated shrubs that occur frequently at low cover include <i>Salix reticulata, Betula nana</i>, and <i>Vaccinium uliginosum</i>. Understory herbaceous species typically have low cover and may include <i>Equisetum arvense, Petasites frigidus, Arctagrostis latifolia, Carex bigelowii</i>, and <i>Poa arctica</i>. <i>Hylocomium splendens</i> is the most common moss; lichens are uncommon.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39522-{30578E4B-9577-4481-9FB8-2261A9DA56E8} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 19-Jan-2016 to: ongoing
	status: provisional Community's Parent: Arctic Low Shrub Tundra Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1042115   Code: A4337   Translated: Arctic Acidic Low Willow Tundra Alliance   Common: Arctic Acidic Low Willow Tundra   Scientific: Arctic Acidic Low Willow Tundra Alliance