EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.5 - Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat

Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat

English name: Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat

Description (English)

Broadleaved woodland on wet acid peat, dominated by Betula pubescens or rarely Alnus glutinosa, sometimes with an admixture of conifers or shrubby Salix species. Sphagnum spp. are normally prominent in the ground vegetation.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.5
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
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	Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods	9080	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Bog woodland	91D0	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Pleurozio-Betulion pubescentis Passarge 1968	Eurasian acidophilous moist birch woodlands on mesotrophic mires	Pleurozio-Betulion pubescentis Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Sphagno-Betulion pubescentis Passarge 1968	Eurasian acidophilous wet birch woodlands on mesotrophic mires	Sphagno-Betulion pubescentis Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carici-Betulion pubescentis-verrucosae Palczynski 1975; Betulion pubescentis Lohmeyer et Tx. in Tx. 1955; Eriophoro-Betulion pubescentis Passarge 1968; Pino-Betulion pubescentis Sokolowski 1980; Sphagno-Betulion pubescentis Doing 1962; Oxycocco palustris-Betulion pubescentis Grygura et al. 2005; Betulion pubescentis Lohmeyer et Tx. ex Oberd. 1957; Eriophoro-Betulion pubescentis Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Alnus glutinosa

Flowering Plants Betula pubescens

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Alnus glutinosa		Flowering Plants
Betula pubescens		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998	03.07.03.02	Coastal wetlands and meadows: swamps: dominated by shrubs or trees	narrower
Ramsar Wetland Types	Xp	Forested peatlands	same
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	22	Swamp and fen forests, birch	narrower
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	21	Swamp and fen forests, alder	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	A111	Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural	overlap
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	4	Wet woodland	wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.5.1	Bétulaie sur tourbe	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.5	Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.5	Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.5	Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.5	Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.5	Acid peatland broadleaved swamp woodland	same

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