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

Pinus taiga woodland

English name: Pine taiga woodland

Description (English)

Boreal pine forests of Fennoscandia, northeastern Poland, the Baltic States, Belarus and European Russia, with G3.A 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.B
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

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Dicrano-Pinion (Libbert 1933) W. Matuszkiewicz 1962	European temperate and sub-boreal pine woodlands communities of acidic sandy soils	Corynephoro-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Pleurozio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Festuco ovinae-Pinion sylvestris Vorobiov et al. 1997; Cetrario-Pinion hercynicae Passarge 1968; Cladonio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968; Corynephoro-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968; Deschampsio-Pinion sylvestris Br.-Bl. 1961; Piceo-Pinion sylvestris Lakušic 1982; Pinion medioeuropaeum Libbert 1933; Pinion sylvestris Lakušic 1976; Pleurozio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968; Vaccinio-Pinion (Libbert 1933) Passarge 1968; Vaccinio-Pinion hercynicae Passarge 1969; Pinion (Libbert 1933) Oberd. 1957 nom. rejic. propos.; Pino-Quercion Medwecka-Kornas et al. in Szafer 1959; Cladonio-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Cladonio stellaris-Pinion sylvestris Kielland-Lund ex Ermakov et Morozova 2011	North European and West Siberian boreal oligotrophic pine forests	Cladonio stellaris-Pinion sylvestris Kielland-Lund 1986	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	05	Middle and south boreal and hemiboreal pine forest	overlap
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	03	North boreal pine forest	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G3.B	Pinus taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G3.B	Pinus taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G3.B	Pinus taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G3.B	Pinus taiga woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G3.B	Pinus taiga woodland	same

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