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Fern western Picea taiga

English name: Fern western spruce taiga

Description (English)

Forests of Picea abies or Picea obovata, or of Picea spp. with Pinus sylvestris, of Fennoscandia, Russia west of the western Ural piedmont, Belarus, the Baltic States, with an understorey dominated by ferns accompanied by ericaceous shrubs or phanerogamic herbs, by mosses and lichens.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G3.A2
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G3.A)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Western Taïga	9010	Narrower	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Fennoscandian herb-rich forests with Picea abies	9050	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Picea abies

Conifers Picea obovata

Conifers Pinus sylvestris

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Picea abies		Conifers
Picea obovata		Conifers
Pinus sylvestris		Conifers

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	42.C2	Fern western spruce taiga	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.2.	Coniferous forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	02	North boreal spruce forest	overlap
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	07	Hemiboreal spruce and fir-spruce forest	overlap
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	2.1.2.5	Spruce forest of fern type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	2.1.2.2	Spruce forest of low fern type	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.A2	Fern western Picea taiga	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.A2	Fern western Picea taiga	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G3.A2	Fern western Picea taiga	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.A2	Fern western Picea taiga	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G3.A2	Fern western Picea taiga	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G3.A2	Fern western spruce taiga	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	42.C2	Fern western spruce taiga	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	42.C2	Fern western spruce taiga	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	42.C2		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	42.C2		same

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