Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum
Description (English)
Hyper-Atlantic blanket bogs of the western coastlands of Ireland, western Scotland and its islands, Cumberland, northern Wales and Devon, developed under very high rainfall climates. The main vascular plants are Molinia caerulea, Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum vaginatum, Scirpus cespitosus, Schoenus nigricans, Rhynchospora alba, Narthecium ossifragum, Carex panicea, Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, Myrica gale, Pedicularis sylvatica, Potentilla erecta, Polygala serpyllifolia, Pinguicula lusitanica, Drosera rotundifolia. The colourful mucinal layer comprises the black and crimson liverwort Pleurozia purpurea, the black and gold moss Campylopus atrovirens, the wooly fringe moss Racomitrium lanuginosum; it is often dominated by sphagna (Sphagnum auriculatum, Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum compactum, Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum nemoreum, Sphagnum rubellum, Sphagnum tenellum, Sphagnum subnitens), or, particularly in parts of western Ireland, mucilaginous algal deposits (Zygogonium).
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code D1.21 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (D1.2) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
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 |
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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 | Blanket bogs (if active bog) | 7130 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Calluna vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Carex panicea | Flowering Plants | |
Drosera rotundifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Erica tetralix | Flowering Plants | |
Eriophorum angustifolium | Flowering Plants | |
Eriophorum vaginatum | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants | |
Myrica gale | Flowering Plants | |
Narthecium ossifragum | Flowering Plants | |
Pedicularis sylvatica | Flowering Plants | |
Pinguicula lusitanica | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla erecta | Flowering Plants | |
Rhynchospora alba | Flowering Plants | |
Schoenus nigricans | Flowering Plants | |
Scirpus cespitosus | Flowering Plants | |
Racomitrium lanuginosum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum auriculatum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum compactum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum magellanicum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum nemoreum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum papillosum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum rubellum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum subnitens | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum tenellum | Mosses & Liverworts |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 52.1 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bogs | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 4.1.2. | Peatbogs | n/a |
National Vegetation Classification (UK) | M17 | Scirpus cespitosus-Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D1.21 | Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D1.21 | Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D1.21 | Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D1.21 | Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D1.21 | Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D1.21 | Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant Trichophorum | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 52.1 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bogs | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 52.1 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bogs | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 52.1 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 52.1 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 52.1 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 52.1 | same |