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Boreal Forest Loamy Slopes
Circle-spoke model
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Description
The reference plant community is open needleleaf forest (Viereck et al. 1992) with the dominant trees being white spruce and black spruce. There are five plant communities within the reference state related to fire.
The vegetation modeled for this ecological site has limited data and is considered provisional.
Dominant plant species
white spruce (Picea glauca), tree
black spruce (Picea mariana), tree
russet buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis), shrub
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), shrub
splendid feather moss (Hylocomium splendens), grass
Schreber's big red stem moss (Pleurozium schreberi), grass
Submodel
Communities 1, 5 and 2 (additional pathways)
1.1. black spruce - white spruce / russet buffaloberry - lingonberry / splendid feathermoss - Schreber's big redstem moss
1.5. bluejoint / fireweed / juniper polytrichum moss
1.2. quaking aspen - spruce / russet buffaloberry - lingonberry / splendid feathermoss - Schreber's big redstem moss
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