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CEGL003420 Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / Sphagnum spp. Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sweetgale - Rose Spirea / Peatmoss species Fen
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is a shrub-dominated peatland (sphagnum bog or poor fen) that occurs around low-elevation lakes and very slowing-moving streams on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula of Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is saturated year-round and in some cases is seasonally flooded with minerotrophic water. Soils are sphagnum, fibrous and heath peat. The dense deciduous shrub layer is dominated by Myrica gale and codominated by Spiraea douglasii. The herbaceous layer is characterized by Trientalis europaea ssp. arctica, and is otherwise variable. The moss layer is dominated by Sphagnum spp., usually >40% cover. The combination of dominant Myrica gale and abundant Spiraea douglasii and Sphagnum is diagnostic.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Described from natural high-quality systems in Washington. British Columbia says they have this, but many places where it occurs are somehow disturbed anthropogenically.
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: This type is known only from the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington, and Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Nations: CA?,US
States/Provinces: BC?, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687157
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
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 | A3585 Sweetgale - Rose Spirea - Dwarf Bilberry Shrub Fen Alliance | A3585 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL003420 Sweetgale - Rose Spirea / Peatmoss species Fen | CEGL003420 | 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: = Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / 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.