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CEGL003202 Pinus contorta / Empetrum nigrum Treed Bog

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Lodgepole Pine / Black Crowberry Treed Bog

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: First published description is for the Ketchikan Area, Tongass National Forest (TNF) (DeMeo et al. 1992). This type also occurs in the Chatham Area, TNF (Martin et al. 1995) and the Stikine Area, TNF (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989).

Similar NVC Types: 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: US

States/Provinces:  AK




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G5

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Pinus contorta / Empetrum nigrum (DeMeo et al. 1992)
= Pinus contorta / Empetrum nigrum (Martin et al. 1995)
= Pinus contorta / Empetrum nigrum (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989)

Concept Author(s): DeMeo et al. (1992)

Author of Description: No Data Available

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  • Boggs, K. 1996. Forested plant communities of maritime southcentral and southeast Alaska. Unpublished report of the Alaska Natural Heritage Program, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
  • Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
  • DeMeo, T., J. Martin, and R. A. West. 1992. Forest plant association management guide, Ketchikan Area, Tongass National Forest. R10-MB-210. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region. 405 pp.
  • Martin, R. R., S. J. Trull, W. W. Brady, R. A. West, and J. M. Downs. 1995. Forest plant association management guide, Chatham Area, Tongass National Forest. R10-RP-57. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region.
  • Pawuk, W. H., and E. J. Kissinger. 1989. Preliminary forest plant associations of the Stikine Area, Tongass National Forest. Technical Publication R10-TP-72. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau, AK. 126 pp.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.