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CEGL003359 Kalmia microphylla - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax Shrub Bog
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Alpine Laurel - Bog Labrador-tea / Common Beargrass Shrub Bog
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is found only on the southeastern and western Olympic Peninsula of Washington, at low elevations. It is found only in drier portions of bogs, and may be associated with past fires set primarily by Native Americans. It is seasonally saturated or flooded and then dry in the summer. There is a relatively thin veneer of heath, fibrous, and sphagnum peat over mineral soil. The open shrub layer (0.6-1.3 m tall) is dominated by the evergreen broad-leaved Kalmia microphylla and Ledum groenlandicum. Gaultheria shallon is always present, typically subdominant. The herb layer is dominated by Xerophyllum tenax, with the fern Pteridium aquilinum sometimes codominant. Small amounts of Sphagnum spp. are usually present (<3% cover). The association is distinguished by the codominance of Xerophyllum tenax and Kalmia microphylla or Ledum groenlandicum.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The open shrub layer (0.6-1.3 m tall) is dominated by the evergreen broad-leaved Kalmia microphylla (= Kalmia occidentalis) and Ledum groenlandicum. Gaultheria shallon is always present, typically subdominant. The herb layer is dominated by Xerophyllum tenax, with the fern Pteridium aquilinum sometimes codominant. Small amounts of Sphagnum spp. are usually present (<3% cover). The association is distinguished by the codominance of Xerophyllum tenax and Kalmia microphylla or Ledum groenlandicum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is found only on the southeastern and western Olympic Peninsula of Washington, at low elevations. It is found only in drier portions of bogs, and may be associated with past fires set primarily by Native Americans. It is seasonally saturated or flooded and then dry in the summer. There is a relatively thin veneer of heath, fibrous, and sphagnum peat over mineral soil.
Geographic Range: This association is found on the southeastern and western Olympic Peninsula of Washington.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683091
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
Greasons: No Data Available
| 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.3 Beach Pine / Bog Labrador-tea / Cusick''s Sedge North Pacific Bog & Fen Macrogroup | M063 | 2.C.2.Na.3 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.3.b North Pacific Acidic Open Bog & Fen Group | G284 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
| Alliance | A2514 Western Labrador-tea - Bog Labrador-tea Shrub Bog & Acidic Fen Alliance | A2514 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL003359 Alpine Laurel - Bog Labrador-tea / Common Beargrass Shrub Bog | CEGL003359 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Kalmia occidentalis - Ledum groenlandicum / Xerophyllum tenax / Sphagnum spp. variant (Kunze 1994)
- Kunze, L. M. 1994. Preliminary classification of native, low elevation, freshwater wetland vegetation in western Washington. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program. 120 pp.
- WNHP [Washington Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data files. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.