Forest - Forêt. Pinus banksiana – Picea mariana - Kalmia angustifolia - Pleurozium schreberi : jack pine - black spruce - sheep laurel - red-stemmed feathermoss - pin gris - épinette noire - kalmia à feuilles...: Fo12-45/209E-PDF

"CNVC00209 is a boreal coniferous forest Association that occurs in Ontario and Quebec. It has a moderately closed to closed canopy dominated by jack pine (Pinus banksiana), with black spruce (Picea mariana) as the main companion species. The shrub layer is well developed to dense with abundant regenerating black spruce and heath species, especially sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) but also velvet-leaved blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides), early lowbush blueberry (V. angustifolium) and common Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)"--Page 1.

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Department/Agency Canadian National Vegetation Classification.
Canada. Natural Resources Canada, issuing body
Title Forest - Forêt. Pinus banksiana – Picea mariana - Kalmia angustifolia - Pleurozium schreberi : jack pine - black spruce - sheep laurel - red-stemmed feathermoss - pin gris - épinette noire - kalmia à feuilles étroites - pleurozie dorée / K. Baldwin, K. Chapman, M. Major, C. Morneau, P. Uhlig, M. Wester, and J.-P. Saucier.
Variant title Pinus banksiana – Picea mariana / Kalmia angustifolia / Pleurozium schreberi CNVC00209
Series title Canadian national vegetation classification (CNVC) = Classification nationale de la végétation du Canada (CNVC) ; CNVC00209
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14).
Publishing information Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario : Canadian National Vegetation Classification, March 2016.
©2016
Author / Contributor Baldwin, K.A., author.
Description 1 online resource (14 pages) : maps.
Catalogue number
  • Fo12-45/209E-PDF
Subject terms Plant anatomy -- Canada.
Vegetation classification -- Canada.
Plant ecology -- Canada.
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