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CEGL003360 Pinus monticola / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Treed Bog
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Western White Pine / Bog Labrador-tea / Peatmoss species Treed Bog
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is found in bogs or poor fens in the central and northern Puget Lowlands of Washington. Soils are wet to saturated and composed of sphagnum, fibrous and heath peat with woody material. The association is dominated by Ledum groenlandicum, which forms a tall semi-open to dense shrub layer. Spiraea douglasii is also present consistently in smaller amounts. Known existing examples have a scattered tree layer of 10-30% cover of Pinus monticola, though historically there were probably many woodlands. The moss layer generally has 20-90% cover of Sphagnum spp.
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 association is dominated by Ledum groenlandicum, which forms a tall semi-open to dense shrub layer. Spiraea douglasii is also present consistently in smaller amounts. Known existing examples have a scattered tree layer of 10-30% cover of Pinus monticola, though historically there were probably many woodlands. The moss layer generally has 20-90% cover of Sphagnum spp.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is found in bogs or poor fens. Soils are wet to saturated and composed of sphagnum, fibrous and heath peat with woody material.
Geographic Range: This type occurs in the central and northern Puget Lowlands and possibly also on the western Olympic Peninsula.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683092
Confidence Level: Low
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.c Beach Pine / Bog Labrador-tea / Peatmoss species Wooded Bog & Poor Fen Group | G610 | 2.C.2.Na.3.c |
| Alliance | A3765 Lodgepole Pine / Bog Labrador-tea Treed Bog & Fen Alliance | A3765 | 2.C.2.Na.3.c |
| Association | CEGL003360 Western White Pine / Bog Labrador-tea / Peatmoss species Treed Bog | CEGL003360 | 2.C.2.Na.3.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pinus monticola / Ledum groenlandicum / Sphagnum spp. Community Type (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.