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CEGL003206 Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Treed Bog
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Lodgepole Pine / Oval-leaf Blueberry Treed Bog
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This plant association occurs on peatlands in southeastern Alaska from sea level to alpine. The topography includes broken mountain slopes, hillslopes, and, most frequently, lowlands. The soils are very poorly drained and consist of deep organic material. The overstory averages 50% cover and is dominated by Pinus contorta var. contorta. Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Thuja plicata, and Callitropsis nootkatensis are common codominants and also common in the understory. Tall-shrub cover averages 40% dominated by Vaccinium ovalifolium and Menziesia ferruginea. Low shrubs are also abundant, including Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Ledum groenlandicum. Herbaceous cover averages over 40% and includes Cornus canadensis, Lysichiton americanus, Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, Carex pauciflora, Carex aquatilis var. dives, and Carex anthoxanthea.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Only published description under this name is for Stikine Area, Tongass National Forest (TNF) (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989). The community type described as the Pinus contorta / Carex sitchensis association in the Ketchikan Area, TNF (DeMeo et al. 1992) was reclassified to this association (CEGL003206).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The overstory averages 50% cover and is dominated by Pinus contorta var. contorta. Tsuga heterophylla, Tsuga mertensiana, Thuja plicata, and Callitropsis nootkatensis (= Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) are common codominants and also common in the understory. Tall-shrub cover averages 40% dominated by Vaccinium ovalifolium and Menziesia ferruginea. Low shrubs are also abundant, including Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Ledum groenlandicum. Herbaceous cover averages over 40% and includes Cornus canadensis, Lysichiton americanus, Nephrophyllidium crista-galli (= Fauria crista-galli), Carex pauciflora, Carex aquatilis var. dives (= Carex sitchensis), and Carex anthoxanthea.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This plant association occurs on peatlands in southeastern Alaska from sea level to alpine. The topography includes broken mountain slopes, hillslopes, and, most frequently, lowlands. The soils are very poorly drained and consist of deep organic material.
Geographic Range: The plant association is restricted to southeastern Alaska.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AK
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689194
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
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 | A3764 Lodgepole Pine - Sitka Spruce Alaskan Wooded Bog Alliance | A3764 | 2.C.2.Na.3.c |
| Association | CEGL003206 Lodgepole Pine / Oval-leaf Blueberry Treed Bog | CEGL003206 | 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 contorta / Carex sitchensis (DeMeo et al. 1992)
? Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989)
> Pinus contorta-Chamaecyparis nootkatensis/Vaccinium (alaskaense and ovalifolium) (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_104; does not include the PICO/CASI of the DeMeo concept.]
? Pinus contorta / Vaccinium ovalifolium Woodland (Pawuk and Kissinger 1989)
> Pinus contorta-Chamaecyparis nootkatensis/Vaccinium (alaskaense and ovalifolium) (Meidinger et al. 2005) [PNWCOAST_104; does not include the PICO/CASI of the DeMeo concept.]
- 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.
- Meidinger, D., C. Chappell, C. Cadrin, G. Kittel, C. McCain, K. Boggs, J. Kagan, G. Cushon, A. Banner, and T. DeMeo. 2005. International Vegetation Classification of the Pacific Northwest: International correlation of temperate coastal forest plant associations of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. Contributors: B.C. Ministry of Forests, USDA Forest Service, B.C. Conservation Data Centre, Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Washington Natural Heritage Program, and Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center.
- 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.