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CEGL003415 Spiraea douglasii / Carex aquatilis var. dives Fen

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Rose Spirea / Sitka Sedge Fen

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  BC, WA


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4

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.a Cusick''s Sedge - Water Sedge - Sweetgale Alkaline Fen Group G285 2.C.2.Na.3.a
Alliance A3432 Sweetgale - Rose Spirea Alkaline Fen Alliance A3432 2.C.2.Na.3.a
Association CEGL003415 Rose Spirea / Sitka Sedge Fen CEGL003415 2.C.2.Na.3.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

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Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Spiraea douglasii / Carex sitchensis community type (Kunze 1994)
= Spiraea douglasii / Carex sitchensis shrub fen (Banner et al. 1986)
Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

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  • Banner, A., J. Pojar, and R. Trowbridge. 1986. Representative wetland types of the northern part of the Pacific Oceanic Wetland Region. Internal report FF85008-PR. British Columbia Ministry of Forests Research Program. 45 pp.
  • 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 Unpublished data files.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.