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CEGL003333 Eriophorum chamissonis / Sphagnum spp. Bog & Acidic Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chamisso''s Cottongrass / Peatmoss species Bog & Acidic Fen
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community type is uncommon in the northern Puget Trough lowlands of Washington. It occurs on very thin layers of floating sphagnum that give way when stepped on. The water level is at or slightly above the substrate surface. It occurs in depressions or around the pond margins of bogs. This community type is dominated by Eriophorum chamissonis and Sphagnum spp. and has few other associated species, but may include Carex pauciflora, Rhynchospora alba, and Vaccinium oxycoccos.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Osvald (1933) described an Eriophorum chamissonis-Sphagnum-sociation in hollows in bogs.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
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: WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689319
Confidence Level: Low
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.b North Pacific Acidic Open Bog & Fen Group | G284 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
| Alliance | A3584 Water Sedge - Peatmoss species - Beaksedge species Acidic Fen Alliance | A3584 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL003333 Chamisso''s Cottongrass / Peatmoss species Bog & Acidic Fen | CEGL003333 | 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: = Eriophorum chamissonis / 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.
- Osvald, H. 1933. Vegetation of the Pacific coast bogs of North America. Acta Phytogeographica Suecica 5:1-33.
- 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.