Woodland - Terre boisée. Picea mariana (Abies balsamea) - Kalmia angustifolia - Pleurozium schreberi : black spruce (balsam fir) - sheep laurel - red-stemmed feathermoss - épinette noire (sapin baumier)...: Fo12-45/307E-PDF

"CNVC00307 is a boreal coniferous woodland Association that occurs on the island of Newfoundland. The tree layer is dominated by black spruce (Picea mariana), usually with lower abundance of balsam fir (Abies balsamea). Ericaceous shrub species, mainly sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) and early lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), form a dense shrub layer"--Page 1.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canadian National Vegetation Classification.
Canada. Natural Resources Canada, issuing body
Title Woodland - Terre boisée. Picea mariana (Abies balsamea) - Kalmia angustifolia - Pleurozium schreberi : black spruce (balsam fir) - sheep laurel - red-stemmed feathermoss - épinette noire (sapin baumier) - kalmia à feuilles étroites - pleurozie dorée / B. Meades, K. Chapman and K. Baldwin.
Variant title Picea mariana (Abies balsamea) / Kalmia angustifolia / Pleurozium schreberi CNVC00307
Series title Canadian national vegetation classification (CNVC) = Classification nationale de la végétation du Canada (CNVC) ; CNVC00307
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (page 8).
Publishing information Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario : Canadian National Vegetation Classification, December 2017.
©2017
Author / Contributor Meades, B., author.
Description 1 online resource (8 pages) : photographs, maps.
Catalogue number
  • Fo12-45/307E-PDF
Subject terms Vegetation classification -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Forest plants -- Ecology -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
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