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Lichen [Pinus] taiga

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English name Lichen pine taiga Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   G3.B4 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Woods of [Pinus sylvestris] of Fennoscandia, the Baltic States and northern Russia, with a very low, sparse, dwarf-shrub layer and a ground layer dominated by lichens mainly of genus [Cladonia], notably [Cladonia rangiferina], [Cladonia alpestris], [Cladonia mitis]. Participating species include [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi], [Calluna vulgaris], [Vaccinium vitis-idaea], [Cetraria islandica], [Dicranum polysetum], [Dicranum spurium], [Pleurozium schreberi], [Stereocaulon] spp., installed on podsols with a thin raw humus layer, often on sand sediment.

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.B4 Lichen [Pinus] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.B4 Lichen [Pinus] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G3.B4 Lichen [Pinus] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G3.B4 Lichen [Pinus] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G3.B4 Lichen [Pinus] taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G3.A8 Lichen pine taiga same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 42.C8 Lichen pine taiga source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 42.C8 Lichen pine taiga same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 42.C8 Lichen pine taiga same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 42.C8   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 42.C8   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.2. Coniferous forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 05 Middle and south boreal and hemiboreal pine forest overlap
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 03 North boreal pine forest overlap
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 7.1.1.2 Catchfly-Heather-type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 7.1.1.3 Oblong Woodsia-Red German Catchfly-type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 2.1.1.1 Pine forest of lichen 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.B [Pinus] taiga woodland    Parent
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