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Sphagnum [Betula] woods

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English name Sphagnum birch woods Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   G1.51 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Forests of [Betula pubescens] or [Betula carpatica] on peaty, humid and very acid soils, colonizing bogs of reduced peat building activity and acid fens of the boreal, sub-boreal and nemoral zones, very locally of the wooded steppe and steppe zones, with [Molinia caerulea], [Vaccinium] spp., [Empetrum nigrum], [Trientalis europaea], [Eriophorum vaginatum] and many sphagna e.g. [Sphagnum fallax], [Sphagnum magellanicum], mosses and liverworts.

Source

ILE SAS [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.51 Sphagnum [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.51 Sphagnum [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G1.51 Sphagnum [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G1.51 Sphagnum [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G1.51 Sphagnum [Betula] woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G1.66 Sphagnum birch woods same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 44.A1 Sphagnum birch woods source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 44.A1 Sphagnum birch woods same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 44.A1 Sphagnum birch woods same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 44.A1   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 44.A1   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 44.A1   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 44.A1   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.1. Broad-leaved forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 22 Swamp and fen forests, birch same
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 2.2.1.6 Birch forest of wet dwarf shrub-grass type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 2.2.1.7a Birch forest of wet herb variant n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 3.2.1.3 Spruce-Birch woodland fen, Poor Sphagnum type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 3.1.1.1 Wooded bog vegetation with birch of Dwarf shrub type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 3.1.1.3 Wooded bog with pine of Dwarf shrub type n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) W4 [Betula pubescens]-[Molinia caerulea] woodland narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 6.5.1 Bétulaie sur tourbe same
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 L10.1 RAŠELINNÉ BŘEZINY (Birch mire forests) same
  G Woodland, forest and other wooded land Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  G1 Broadleaved deciduous woodland Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  G1.5 Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat    Parent
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