Small-herb western [Picea] taiga
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English name
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Small-herb western spruce taiga
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EUNIS habitat type code
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G3.A3
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Level
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4
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Edition
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.
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Description ( English )
Forests of [Picea abies] or, in the east, [Picea obovata], sometimes accompanied by [Pinus sylvestris] and/or [Populus tremula], of southern boreal and boreonemoral regions of Fennoscandia, Russia west of the western Ural piedmont, Belarus, the Baltic States, extending locally in the middle and northern boreal zones, with an understorey dominated by dwarf-shrubs and a low-growing herb layer, characteristic of calcareous substrates and warm stations, developed on acid brown forest soils with mull, or on weakly podsolised soils, with a preference for low-lying areas with fine sediments and a good water supply, sometimes with a tendency to waterlogging. They occupy stations with a richer nutrient supply than those of the bilberry forests of unit G3.A1 and of the fern forests of unit G3.A2, and with a lower humidity level than the fern forests and the tall herb forests of unit G3.A4. Accompanying tree and shrub species include a predominance of [Sorbus aucuparia], [Vaccinium myrtillus], with [Alnus] spp., [Betula] spp., [Juniperus communis], [Vaccinium vitis-idaea], a field layer dominated by [Oxalis acetosella], [Melampyrum sylvaticum], [Maianthemum bifolium], [Trientalis europaea], [Gymnocarpium dryopteris], [Thelypteris phegopteris] accompanied by [Linnaea borealis], [Geranium sylvaticum], [Melampyrum pratense], [Solidago virgaurea], [Rubus saxatilis], [Viola riviniana], [Hieracium silvaticum] grp., [Pyrola] spp., [Paris quadrifolia], [Melica nutans], [Deschampsia flexuosa], [Luzula pilosa], [Lycopodium annotinum], [Equisetum sylvaticum], and mosses. In the boreonemoral zone, deciduous trees, in particular, [Quercus robur], [Tilia cordata], [Acer platanoides], [Ulmus laevis], may form a second tree layer.
Source
ILE SAS (2001)
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Relationships with other classifications
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Classification
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Code
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Title
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Relation type
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410
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G3.A3
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Small-herb western [Picea] taiga
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308
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G3.A3
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Small-herb western [Picea] taiga
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202
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G3.A3
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Small-herb western [Picea] taiga
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910
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G3.A3
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Small-herb western [Picea] taiga
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811
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G3.A3
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Small-herb western [Picea] taiga
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712
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G3.A3
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Small-herb western spruce taiga
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112
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42.C3
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Small-herb western spruce taiga
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source
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905
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42.C3
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Small-herb western spruce taiga
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997
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42.C3
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Small-herb western spruce taiga
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996
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42.C3
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993
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42.C3
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same
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CORINE Land Cover
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3.1.2.
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Coniferous forest
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n/a
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BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment
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07
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Hemiboreal spruce and fir-spruce forest
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overlap
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BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment
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04
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Middle boreal spruce forests
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overlap
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BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment
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06
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South boreal forest
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overlap
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Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994
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2.1.2.4
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Spruce forest of low herb type
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n/a
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G
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Woodland, forest and other wooded land
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Ancestor
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G3
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Coniferous woodland
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Ancestor
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G3.A
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[Picea] taiga woodland
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Parent
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