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Valdivian Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Valdivian Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: The macrogroup represents the woodland bogs and temperate swamps of hyper-humid areas in the austral Andes of Chile and Argentina. The open to semi-open canopy is 4-6 m high, usually dominated by <i>Pilgerodenron uviferum, Lepidothamnus fonckii</i>, and <i>Tepualia stipularis</i>, accompanied by other hygrophilous shrub or tree species, and an herbaceous stratum dominated by cushions of <i>Gaimardia australis</i>. This type of vegetation develops on permanently waterlogged peat soils subject to high precipitation (about 5000 mm per year), making it mostly ombrotrophic peatlands, but they can also receive additional input from streams and slope seepage. Diagnostic species are <i>Pilgerodendron uviferum, Tepualia stipularis, Nothofagus antarctica, Gaimardia australis, Scirpus inundatus, Carex frigida, Sphagnum magellanicum</i>, and <i>Myrteola magellanica</i>. This macrogroup includes also the woodlands on hydromorphic soils of topographic depressions and valley bottoms in higher elevations in the austral Andes. These communities are dominated by <i>Nothofagus antarctica</i> in the upper stratum and have a dense herbaceous layer beneath the open canopy. Other diagnostic species are <i>Berberis microphylla, Berberis darwinii, Mutisia spinosa, Chusquea culeou, Gunnera magellanica</i>, and <i>Eleocharis melanostachys</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40915-{6BD065F4-3D75-4E89-938F-1F443559476A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.884818 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M663
  Scientific: Valdivian Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Macrogroup