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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE

SPECIES: Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog Blueberry
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Bog blueberry is distributed throughout Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. It occurs south through New England, the northern portions of the Great Lakes States, and western Washington and Oregon [1,34,72,75,87]. Bog blueberry is also found in Japan, other parts of Asia, and in Europe [34,38,87]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES10 White - red - jack pine FRES11 Spruce - fir FRES23 Fir - spruce FRES24 Hemlock - Sitka spruce FRES26 Lodgepole pine FRES44 Alpine STATES : AK CA ME MI MN NH NY OR VT WA WI AB BC LB MB NB NF NT NS ON PE PQ SK YT ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : DENA GLBA ISRO LACL OLYM WRST YUCH BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 1 Northern Pacific Border 2 Cascade Mountains KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : K001 Spruce - cedar - hemlock forest K002 Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest K004 Fir - hemlock forest K008 Lodgepole pine - subalpine forest K015 Western spruce - fir forest K093 Great Lakes spruce - fir forest K094 Conifer bog K095 Great Lakes pine forest K096 Northeastern spruce - fir forest SAF COVER TYPES : 1 Jack pine 5 Balsam fir 12 Black spruce 13 Black spruce - tamarack 38 Tamarack 107 White spruce 201 White spruce 202 White spruce - paper birch 204 Black spruce 205 Mountain hemlock 206 Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir 218 Lodgepole pine 224 Western hemlock 225 Western hemlock - Sitka spruce 227 Western redcedar - western hemlock 228 Western redcedar 251 White spruce - aspen 253 Black spruce - white spruce 254 Black spruce - paper birch SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : Bog blueberry can occur as a dominant or codominant in a variety of habitats within its range. It may occur as an understory component in open or closed forest habitats, primarily with black or white spruce (Picea mariana; P. glauca) [25,65,76,85,70]. Bog blueberry can also dominate or codominate in dwarf shrub types, bogs or muskegs, and on open tundra [27,43,86]. Other associated tree species include: Alaska-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis), quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides), balsam poplar (P. balsamifera), and paper birch (Betula papyrifera). Associated understory species include: willows (Salix spp.), alders (Alnus spp.), bog birch (Betula glandulosa), dwarf arctic birch (B. nana), Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum and L. palustre), lignonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), bunchberry dogwood (Cornus canadensis), rustyleaf menziesia (Menziesia ferruginea), crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), red fruit bearberry (Arctostaphylos rubra), leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia), cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia), salal (Gaultheria shallon), fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), Labrador lousewort (Pedicularis labradorica), entire leaf mountain avens (Dryas integrifolia), Mt. Washington mountain avens (D. octopetala), bluejoint reedgrass (Calamagrostis canadensis), altai fescue (Festuca altaica), cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum and E. angustifolium), and various sedges (Carex spp.), feathermosses (Hylocomium, Pleurozium, and Stereocaulon spp.), clubmosses (Lycopodium spp.), sphagnum mosses (Sphagnum spp.), and lichens (Cladonia and Cladina spp.). Published classifications listing bog blueberry as a major component of plant associations (pas), community types (cts), or vegetation types (vts) are as follows: AREA CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY interior AK postfire forest cts Foote 1983 nw AK cts Hanson 1953 AK gen. veg. pas Viereck & Dyrness 1980 AK: Seward Peninsula cts Kelso 1989 YT vts Stanek and others 1981 OR: Willamette NF gen. veg. pas Hemstrom and others 1987 Newfoundland peatland pas Pollett 1972 N.W.T. cts Black & Bliss 1978

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