Boreal bog conifer woodland

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• Altitude zones (terrestrial and marine) (no records)
• Marine depth zones, more detailed than altitude zones (no records)
• Climate zones Habitat type other information (1 records)

  Name

  Description

  Boreal

  Winters are long and cold, with temperatures below 6�C for 6-9 months, and summers are short, with temperatures averaging more than 10�C. Precipitation, as snow in winter, typically amounts to 380-635 mm per annum. Equated to the boreal (taiga) forest zone of Eurasia, where it extends to 65-70 � N in the west and 50 � N in the east, and North America, where it extends from the fringe of the tundra southwards to 55 � N in the east.

  
  
• Geomorphology types (no records)
• Substrate types (no records)
• Dominant life formsHabitat type other information (3 records)

  Name	Description
  Coniferous trees	Trees belonging to the Gymnospermae
  Trees > 5m / tall trees	Woody plants over 5m tall, with a single main stem (the trunk), that is unbranched near the ground; some trees (e.g. oak, ([Quercus]) and ash ([Fraxinus])) have multi-trunked forms. At the end of each growing season there is no die-back of aerial parts, apart from the loss of foliage
  Trees	A woody plant with a single main stem (the trunk), that is unbranched near the ground; some trees (e.g. oak, ([Quercus]) and ash ([Fraxinus])) have multi-trunked forms. At the end of each growing season there is no die-back of aerial parts, apart from the loss of foliage.

  
  
• Percentage cover by vegetationHabitat type other information (1 records)

  Name	Description
  Trees >10%	Tree canopy cover exceeds 10%

  
  
• Characteristics of wetness/drynessHabitat type other information (3 records)

  Name	Description
  Waterlogged	Saturated, with the water table just above, at, or close to the surface and no significant water movement
  Wet and very wet	Wet, with the water table at or close to the surface and with significant water movement
  Seasonally wet	Free-draining, regularly but infrequently flooded on a seasonal cycle, or occasionally flooded by extreme weather conditions

  
  
• Characteristics of water flow, source and quality (no records)
• Salinity values, for marine habitats only (no records)
• Exposure types (no records)
• Acidity, salinity, trophic status (no records)
• Characterising temperature (no records)
• Light intensity (no records)
• Spatial parameters of size and shape (no records)
• Temporal parameters (no records)
• Human activities and impacts (no records)
• Levels of habitat usageHabitat type other information (2 records)

  Name	Description
  No human use	Managed in a natural way or unmanaged
  Low level use / disturbance	eg low intensity agriculture, forestry or urbanisation