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Black Spruce-Tamarack Bog
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International Vegetation Classification Associations [-]
This New York natural community encompasses all or part of the concept of the following International Vegetation Classification (IVC) natural community associations. These are often described at finer resolution than New York's natural communities. The IVC is developed and maintained by NatureServe.


NatureServe Ecological Systems [-]
This New York natural community falls into the following ecological system(s). Ecological systems are often described at a coarser resolution than New York's natural communities and tend to represent clusters of associations found in similar environments. The ecological systems project is developed and maintained by NatureServe.


Characteristic Species [-]
Trees > 5m
  • Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
  • Tamarack (Larix laricina)
  • Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
  • Red Spruce (Picea rubens)
  • Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Shrubs 2-5m
  • Mountain Holly (Nemopanthus mucronatus)
  • Possumhaw (Viburnum nudum)
Shrubs < 2m
  • Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
  • Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
  • Sheep-laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
  • Bog Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum)
  • Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
  • Velvetleaf Huckleberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides)
Herbs
  • Billings' Sedge (Carex trisperma)
  • Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
  • Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
  • Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Nonvascular
  • Bazzania trilobata
  • Pleurozium schreberi
  • Sphagnum girgensohnii
  • Sphagnum magellanicum
Similar Ecological Communities
  • Spruce-fir swamp
    Black spruce-tamarack bogs are distinguished from spruce-fir swamps by having a peat substrate >20cm deep (instead of mineral soil or shallow peat) and a combined tree and tall shrub cover of tamarack and black spruce that exceeds that of balsam fir and red spruce.
  • Red maple-tamarack peat swamp
    Red maple-tamarack peat swamps are distinguished from black spruce-tamarack bogs by having soils generally rich in calcium, in combination with the presence of red maple as a dominant or co-dominant, while black spruce is absent or present only as a minor associate.
  • Dwarf shrub bog
    The dominance of low growing shrubs, most commonly leatherleaf, which are typically less than one meter tall, distinguishes dwarf shrub bogs from black spruce-tamarack bogs.
Vegetation
Trees > 5m
Shrubs 2-5m
Shrubs < 2m
Epiphytes
Herbs
Nonvascular
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Percent Cover
This figure helps visualize the structure and 'look' or 'feel' of a typical Black Spruce-Tamarack Bog. Each bar represents the amount of 'coverage' for all the species growing at that height. Because layers overlap (shrubs may grow under trees, for example), the shaded regions can add up to more than 100%.

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New York Natural Heritage Program. 2013. Online Conservation Guide for Black Spruce-Tamarack Bog. Available from: http://www.acris.nynhp.org/guide.php?id=9912. Accessed June 19th, 2013.
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