More info for the terms:
bog,
cover,
lichen,
lichens,
shrub,
tundra,
tussockCommon freckle pelt occurs in various habitats, including open and closed
coniferous forests, lichen woodlands, bogs, and high arctic, low arctic,
sedge tussock, and shrub tundra [
5,
20,
29,
31,
42]. In the southern extent
of its range, common freckle pelt is generally restricted to alpine regions.
The following publication classifies common freckle pelt as a dominant ground
cover species in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and white spruce (Picea
glauca) habitats:
Vegetation types and environmental factors associated with Foothills Gas
Pipeline Route, Yukon Territory [
36]
Shrub species commonly associated with common freckle pelt include bog Labrador
tea (Ledum groenlandicum), prickly rose (Rosa acicularis), bunchberry
(Cornus canadensis), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), twinflower
(Linnaea borealis), mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), bog
blueberry (V. uliginosum), American green alder (Alnus viridis ssp.
crispa), dwarf arctic birch (Betula nana), and willows (Salix spp.).
Other associates include bluejoint reedgrass (Calamagrostis canadensis),
sheathed cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum), horsetails (Equisetum
spp.), sedges (Carex spp.), mosses (Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium
schreberi, Sphagnum spp.), and other lichens (mainly Cladonia spp.)
[
7,
24,
27,
30,
33].