Cryic Aquic Shrubland

Description

The Reference state is comprised of three communities is varying stages of regeneration. Communities in the Reference state range from a sparse, emergent understory of shrubs and forbs that is found in the early aftermath of disturbance, to mature stands of conifers and shrubs.

Dominant plant species

1. subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), tree

2. Alaska cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis), tree

3. Sitka alder (Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata), shrub

4. undergreen willow (Salix commutata), shrub

5. white marsh marigold (Caltha leptosepala), grass

6. American bistort (Polygonum bistortoides), grass

7. common cowparsnip (Heracleum maximum), grass

8. green false hellebore (Veratrum viride), grass

9. black alpine sedge (Carex nigricans), grass

10. field horsetail (Equisetum arvense), grass

11. elephanthead lousewort (Pedicularis groenlandica), grass

12. fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium), grass

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