Black spruce/ericaceous scrub woodland slopes

Description

The reference community for this ecological site is characterized by a black spruce needleaf woodland (Viereck et al., 1992). As elevation increases, black spruce decreases in cover and is replaced by dwarf birch. Common species include bog blueberry, Labrador tea, crowberry, cloudberry, Bigelow's sedge, and sphagnum moss.

Dominant plant species

1. black spruce (Picea mariana), tree

2. black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), shrub

3. cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), shrub

4. bog Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), shrub

5. bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), shrub

6. lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), shrub

7. dwarf birch (Betula nana), shrub

8. Bigelow's sedge (Carex bigelowii), grass

9. sphagnum (Sphagnum), grass

10. splendid feather moss (Hylocomium splendens), grass

11. Schreber's big red stem moss (Pleurozium schreberi), grass

12. greygreen reindeer lichen (Cladina rangiferina), grass

Submodel