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A4480 Aronia arbutifolia / Eriophorum virginicum / Sphagnum spp. Allegheny Fen Alliance

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Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Red Chokeberry / Tawny Cottongrass / sphagnum, peatmoss spp. Allegheny Fen Alliance

Colloquial Name: Allegheny Mountains Bog & Acidic Fen

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

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Nations: US

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Confidence Level: Proposed (Submitted)

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Grank: GNR

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Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass S44 2.C
Formation 2.C.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation F016 2.C.2
Division 2.C.2.Na North American Bog & Fen Division D029 2.C.2.Na
Macrogroup 2.C.2.Na.1 Leatherleaf - Small Cranberry - Few-seed Sedge Bog & Acidic Fen Macrogroup M876 2.C.2.Na.1
Group 2.C.2.Na.1.a Leatherleaf - Few-seed Sedge - Bog Laurel Boreal Bog & Acidic Fen Group G748 2.C.2.Na.1.a
Alliance A4480 Red Chokeberry / Tawny Cottongrass / sphagnum, peatmoss spp. Allegheny Fen Alliance A4480 2.C.2.Na.1.a
Association CEGL006545 Red Chokeberry - Common Winterberry - Catberry / Cinnamon Fern Acidic Peatland CEGL006545 2.C.2.Na.1.a
Association CEGL006552 Threeway Sedge - Northern Long Sedge - Rush species Seepage Meadow CEGL006552 2.C.2.Na.1.a
Association CEGL006570 Tawny Cottongrass - (Northern Long Sedge) / Peatmoss species - Haircap Moss species Fen CEGL006570 2.C.2.Na.1.a
Association CEGL006589 (Bog-rosemary) / Bog Haircap Moss - Cup Lichen species - Peatmoss species Acidic Peatland CEGL006589 2.C.2.Na.1.a
Association CEGL007856 Small Cranberry - (Cranberry) / White Beaksedge - Roundleaf Sundew / Peatmoss species Fen CEGL007856 2.C.2.Na.1.a
Association CEGL008534 Star Sedge - Bog Goldenrod / Peatmoss species Seepage Meadow CEGL008534 2.C.2.Na.1.a
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  • Faber-Langendoen, D., G. Edinger, J. Lundgren, B. Nichols, K. Puryear, J. Schlawin, L. Shappell, L. Sneddon, E. Sorenson, K. Walz, B. Zaino, E. Zimmerman. 2020. Revisions to the vegetation types in the Northeastern states: An expert review of USNVC groups and alliances and their relation to state natural community types. Proceedings of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. USNVC-Proc-XX. 2020. Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C., USA. xx pp.