Nemoral bog conifer woodland

English name: Nemoral bog conifer woodland

Description (English)

Woods of Pinus spp. or Picea spp., sometimes mixed with Betula pubescens, colonizing bogs and fens in the nemoral zone. Conifer-dominated bog woodland occurs mainly in the boreal and boreonemoral zones, but extends into the nemoral, wooded steppe and steppe zones.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G3.E
Bern Convention Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name Definition Alternatives Reftext
Eriophoro-Piceion abietis Passarge 1968 Eurasian spruce woodlands and related scrub communities of tussock-grass rich oligotrophic mires Eriophoro-Piceion abietis Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968 Schaminee et al, 2012
Vaccinio uliginosi-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968 Eurasian pine woodlands and related scrub communities of dwarf-shrub rich oligotrophic mires Vaccinio uliginosi-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Ledo-Pinion Tx. 1955 nom. invers. propos.; Oxycocco-Ledion palustris Nordhagen 1936; Piceo-Pinion uncinatae Tx. 1955; Pino-Ledion palustris Tx. 1955; Vaccinio uliginosi-Pinion sylvestris Vorobiov et al. 1997 Schaminee et al, 2012
Sphagnion medii Kästner et Flössner 1933 Bogs of sub-continental and montane regions from mountain belt spanning mediterranean and boreal regions of Eurasia Sphagnion magellanici Kästner et Flössner 1933 nom. mut. propos.; Calluno-Sphagnion fusci Tx. in Tx. et al. 1972; Eriophorion vaginati Krajina 1933; Eriophorion vaginati Krajina 1934; Sphagnion europaeum Schwickerath 1941; Sphagnion fusci Br.-Bl. 1926 nom. ambig. propos.; Sphagnion medio-fusci Malmer 1968; Vaginato-Sphagnion europaeum Duvigneaud 1949 (orig. form); Sphagno fallacis-Eriophorion vaginati Timmermann in Dengler et al. 2004 Schaminee et al, 2012
Eriophoro-Pinion sylvestris Passarge 1968 Eurasian pine woodlands and related scrub communities of tussock-grass oligotrophic mires Eriophoro-Pinion sylvestris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968 Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

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

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 44.A Birch and conifer mire woods wider
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.2. Coniferous forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 20 Minerotrophic mires incl swamp forest not defined
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 6.5.3 Pessière sur tourbe narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 6.5.2 Pinède sur tourbe narrower
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.E Nemoral bog conifer woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.E Nemoral bog conifer woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G3.E Nemoral bog conifer woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G3.E Nemoral bog conifer woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G3.E Nemoral bog conifer woodland same
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