Polygon mires
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English name
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Polygon mires
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EUNIS habitat type code
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D3.3
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Level
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3
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Edition
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.
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Description ( English )
Complex mires of the arctic and subarctic patterned by surface microrelief of large, 10 to 30 m in diameter, low-centre or high-centre polygons formed by the juxtaposition of dry, 0.3 to 0.5 m high, ridges covered by shrubs, hypnoid mosses and sphagna, and of wet hollows occupied by grasses, sedges, mosses and sphagna. Polygon mires occur mainly outside Europe, in tundra where the mean annual temperature is below -1°C.
Source
Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)
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Relationships with other classifications
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Classification
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Code
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Title
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Relation type
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410
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D3.3
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Polygon mires
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308
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D3.3
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Polygon mires
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202
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D3.3
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Polygon mires
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910
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D3.3
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Polygon mires
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811
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D3.3
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Polygon mires
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same
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712
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X05
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Polygon mires
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112
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54.A
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Polygon mires
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905
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54.A
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Polygon mires
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997
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54.A
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Polygon mires
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996
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54.A
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same
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993
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54.A
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same
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CORINE Land Cover
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4.1.2.
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Peatbogs
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n/a
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Ramsar Wetland Types
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U
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Non-forested peatlands
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wider
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D
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Mires, bogs and fens
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Ancestor
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D3
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Aapa, palsa and polygon mires
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Parent
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