Larix taiga woodland

English name: Larch taiga woodland

Description (English)

Boreal larch, forests of Fennoscandia, the Baltic States, Belarus and European Russia, occuring in limited, edaphic pockets within the area dominated by G3.A and G3.B.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G3.C

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name Definition Alternatives Reftext
Empetro-Piceion obovatae Morozova et al. 2008 Northeastern European taiga on long-frozen soils and permafrost Schaminee et al, 2012
Cladonio stellaris-Pinion sylvestris Kielland-Lund ex Ermakov et Morozova 2011 North European and West Siberian boreal oligotrophic pine forests Cladonio stellaris-Pinion sylvestris Kielland-Lund 1986 Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 42.C Western taiga wider
CORINE Land Cover 3.1.2. Coniferous forest n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment 02 North boreal spruce forest wider
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.C Larix taiga woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.C Larix taiga woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G3.C Larix taiga woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G3.C Larix taiga woodland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G3.C Larix taiga woodland same
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