Vegetation Environmental

This plant association has standing charred Larix laricina and Picea mariana. Presently the tree stratum has a closure of 5% to 10%. Larix laricina, Picea mariana and Betula papyrifera are regenerating in approximately equal proportions. The major species of the shrub layer are Salix species (5% cover), Betula nana (15% cover), Ledum palustre (25% cover), Chamaedaphne calyculata (10% cover), Andromeda polifolia (5% cover) and Vaccinium uliginosum (10% cover). The Salix species included Salix bebbiana, Salix monticola, and Salix brachycarpa ssp. niphoclada. The major species of the herbaceous layer were Oxycoccus microcarpus (15% cover), Rubus chamaemorus (20% cover), Vaccinium vitis-idaea (15% cover), Eriophorum vaginatum ssp. vaginatum (20% cover), Epilobium angustifolium (5% cover) and Carex rotundata (5% cover). Tofieldia pusilla, Calamagrostis lapponica, Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Stellaria calycantha ssp. interior, Cicuta mackenzieana, Luzula rufescens and Drosera rotundifolia were occasional associates. The major species of the nonvascular layer are Polytrichium species (10% cover), Sphagnum species (10% cover), Marchantia polymorpha (2% cover) and Cladonia species (2% cover).

This type is found in the Tanana lowland at an average altitude of 198 meters on lacustrine deposits. There is zero range in elevation. All plots which compose this type were burned within the previous eight years.