Boreal Forest Loamy Wet, Steep Slopes

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Typical area of community 1.1.

Constancy and canopy cover of plant species in community 1.1.

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Constancy and canopy cover of plant species in community 1.2.

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Constancy and canopy cover of plant species in community 1.3.

Description

The reference state supports three community phases, which are grouped by the structure and dominance of the vegetation (trees, shrubs, graminoids, and forbs) and by their ecological function and stability. The reference community phase is characterized by a birch forest and diverse understory that commonly consists of water-tolerant shrubs, graminoids, and forbs. The presence of the community phases is dictated temporally by erosion and the movement of surface or subsurface water. No alternate states have been observed.

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1.1. Kenai birch-paper birch/Sitka alder-cloudberry/bluejoint grass/horsetails/moss forest

1.2. Sitka alder/bluejoint grass/field horsetail scrubland

1.3. Bluejoint grass/field horsetail–western touch-me-not meadow

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Boreal Forest Loamy Wet, Steep Slopes

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