EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G3 - Coniferous woodland > G3.A - Picea taiga woodland

Picea taiga woodland

English name: Spruce taiga woodland

Description (English)

Boreal spruce or spruce-pine forests of Fennoscandia, northeastern Poland, the Baltic States, Belarus and European Russia, with G3.B constituting the westernmost section of the continuous Eurasian northern taiga belt.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G3.A
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Piceion excelsae Pawlowski et al. 1928	European boreo-montane spruce and pine forests of nutrient-poor habitats	Oxalido-Piceion excelsae (Krajina 1933) Brezina et Hadac in Hadac 1962; Pleurozio-Piceion abietis Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Linnaeo-Piceion excelsae (Br.-Bl. et Sissingh in Br.-Bl. et al. 1939) Oberd. 1979; Piceion abietis Pawlowski et al. 1928 nom. mut. propos.; Oxalidion acetosellae Krajina 1933; Oxalidion acetosellae Krajina 1934; Piceion illyrico-moesiacum P. Fukarek 1969; Piceion septentrionale Tx. 1955; Pleurozio-Piceion abietis Passarge 1968; Linnaeo-Piceion abietis (Br.-Bl. et Sissingh in Br.-Bl. et al. 1939) Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011; Vaccinio-Piceion excelsae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1939; Pinion cembrae Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011	Schaminee et al, 2012
Empetro-Piceion obovatae Morozova et al. 2008	Northeastern European taiga on long-frozen soils and permafrost		Schaminee et al, 2012
Aconito septentrionalis-Piceion obovatae Solomeshch et al. ex Martynenko et al. 2008	Coniferous and mixed broadleaved-coniferous mountain forests of South Urals	Aconito septentrionalis-Piceion obovatae Solomeshch et al. 1993	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	42.C	Western taiga	wider
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	02	North boreal spruce forest	overlap
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	04	Middle boreal spruce forests	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.A	Picea taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.A	Picea taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G3.A	Picea taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.A	Picea taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G3.A	Picea and Abies taiga woodland	same

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