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Tall-herb western [Picea] taiga

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English name Tall-herb western spruce taiga Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   G3.A4 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Forests of [Picea abies] or, in the east, [Picea obovata], of boreal and boreonemoral regions of Fennoscandia, Russia west of the western Ural piedmont, Belarus, the Baltic States, with a species-rich understorey dominated by tall herbs and ferns and with a significant component of deciduous trees, including [Betula pubescens], [Alnus incana], [Sorbus aucuparia]; the species cortège includes an abundance of [Oxalis acetosella] and [Sambucus nigra], [Actaea spicata], [Campanula latifolia], [Mercurialis perennis], [Aconitum septentrionale] ([Aconitum lycoctonum]), [Cicerbita alpina], [Geranium sylvaticum], [Angelica sylvestris], [Crepis paludosa], [Filipendula ulmaria], [Geum rivale], [Viola epipsila], [Melica nutans], [Milium effusum], [Paris quadrifolia], [Rubus idaeus], [Rubus saxatilis], [Trientalis europaea], [Trollius europaeus], [Equisetum pratense], [Equisetum sylvaticum], [Dryopteris expansa], [Athyrium filix-femina], [Matteuccia struthiopteris]. Tall-herb spruce forests occupy low-lying areas, slopes and ravines with fine sediment and good water supply, on calcareous brown forest soils. Their stations have a richer nutrient supply and a higher humidity level than those of the bilberry forests of unit G3.A1, of the fern forests of unit G3.A2 or of the small herb forests of unit G3.A3. In the boreonemoral zone, deciduous trees, in particular, [Tilia cordata], [Acer platanoides], [Ulmus laevis], may form a second tree layer.

Source

ILE SAS (2001)

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Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.A4 Tall-herb western [Picea] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.A4 Tall-herb western [Picea] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G3.A4 Tall-herb western [Picea] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G3.A4 Tall-herb western [Picea] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G3.A4 Tall-herb western [Picea] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G3.A4 Tall-herb western spruce taiga same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 42.C4 Tall-herb western spruce taiga source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 42.C4 Tall-herb western spruce taiga same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 42.C4 Tall-herb western spruce taiga same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 42.C4   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 42.C4   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.2. Coniferous forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 07 Hemiboreal spruce and fir-spruce forest overlap
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 04 Middle boreal spruce forests overlap
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 06 South boreal forest overlap
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 2.1.2.6 Spruce forest of tall herb type n/a
  G Woodland, forest and other wooded land Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  G3 Coniferous woodland Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  G3.A [Picea] taiga woodland    Parent
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