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Empetrum nigrum - Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Group \| NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Empetrum nigrum - Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Group Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This group is defined as tundra vegetation dominated by the dwarf-shrub <i>Empetrum nigrum</i> often in combination with other shrubs such as the low shrubs <i>Vaccinium uliginosum</i> and <i>Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens</i> and the dwarf-shrubs <i>Loiseleuria procumbens</i> and <i>Salix arctica</i>. Erect shrubs and trees provide less than 10% cover. The group occurs on mountain slopes and hillslopes, low summits and ridges, and valley bottoms across a range of soil types and hydrologies. It is found in the Aleutian Islands and boreal regions of Alaska, Canada, and possibly Greenland. Patch size is small to matrix-forming. Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40276-{8236DB3F-7FB4-4448-88EF-E3183DC22DD1} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 19-Jan-2016 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Festuca altaica - Cassiope tetragona Boreal Alpine Tundra Macrogroup This Community's Level: Group This Community's Children: Show/Hide Cassiope tetragona - Salix rotundifolia Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Alliance Dryas integrifolia - Oxytropis nigrescens Alkaline Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Alliance Dryas octopetala Acidic Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Alliance Empetrum nigrum - Vaccinium uliginosum - Artemisia arctica Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Alliance	Names: UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860740 NatureServe Explorer Code: G613 Scientific: Empetrum nigrum - Rhodiola integrifolia ssp. integrifolia Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Group