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Northern wet heaths

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English name Northern wet heaths Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   F4.11 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Wet heaths of the northern Atlantic and sub-Atlantic domaine and of boreal enclaves in the southern Atlantic and sub-Atlantic domaine. They mostly comprise wet and humid heaths of anmoors, gleypodsols and thin peats of the British Isles, the Germano-Baltic plains and neighbouring Hercynian hills, northern and northwestern France, southern Scandinavia, dominated by [Erica tetralix] or [Calluna vulgaris], sometimes in association with [Scirpus cespitosus] or [Molinia caerulea], usually accompanied by non-peatbuilding sphagna, in particular, [Sphagnum compactum], [Sphagnum molle], [Sphagnum tenellum]. They also include peaty heaths of more southern regions, in western France, the periphery of the Paris Basin and northwestern Iberia, mostly developed in the central, most humid, part of depressions, often in contact with somewhat less humid formations of unit F4.12.

Source

ILE SAS (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F4.11 Northern wet heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F4.11 Northern wet heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 F4.11 Northern wet heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 F4.11 Northern wet heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 F4.11 Northern wet heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F4.11 Northern wet heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.11 Northern wet heaths source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 31.11 Northern wet heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 31.11 Northern wet heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 31.11   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 31.11   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 31.11   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 31.11   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.2. Moors and heathland n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.2.1 Cross-leaved Heath type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.5b Moist heather heath variant n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.5c Moist heather heath-Purple Moorgrass-variant n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) M16 [Erica tetralix]-[Sphagnum compactum] wet heath narrower
National Vegetation Classification (UK) M14 [Schoenus nigricans]-[Narthecium ossifragum] mire narrower
National Vegetation Classification (UK) M15 [Scirpus cespitosus]-[Erica tetralix] wet heath narrower
  F Heathland, scrub and tundra Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F4 Temperate shrub heathland Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F4.1 Wet heaths    Parent
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