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Ecological Atlas of Denali's Flora

Denali National Park and Preserve

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  • Botanical Studies
    • Pioneering Botanists
    • Plant & Soil Inventories
    • Vegetation Monitoring
    • Other Research Studies

Community Ecology

Community Ecology of Rhododendron groenlandicum

Rhododendron groenlandicum can be found in the following landcover classes and plant associations. For more information on each class or association, follow the links generated below. To learn how classes and associations are determined, visit the Plant Communities page.

Landcover Class Plant Associations
Broadleaf Forest
  • Betula papyrifera, Alnus crispa, Rosa acicularis, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Hylocomnium splendens
  • Populus balsamifera, Picea glauca, Alnus crispa, Rosa acicularis, Calamagrostis lapponica, Equisetum silvaticum, Polytrichium species
Low Shrub-Sedge
  • Betula nana/Eriophorum brachyantherum plant association (Dwarf arctic birch/ Eriophorum brachyantherum)
Open-Woodland Spruce Forest
  • Picea glauca/Salix lanata plant association (White spruce/Richardson willow)
  • Picea mariana ? Larix laricina, Ledum palustre, Vaccinium uliginosum, Rubus chamaemorus, feathermoss
Open-Woodland Stunted Spruce
  • Picea mariana/Carex bigelowii plant association (Black spruce/Bigelow sedge)
  • Picea mariana/Eriophorum vaginatum plant association (Black spruce/tussock cottongrass)
  • Picea mariana/Ledum species plant association (Black spruce/Labrador tea)
Peatland
  • Myrica gale plant association (Sweet gale)

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