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Sphagnum Betula forests

Description (English)

Forests of Betula pubescens or Betula carpatica on peaty, humid and very acid soils, colonizing bogs of reduced peat building activity and acid fens of the boreal, sub-boreal and nemoral zones, very locally of the wooded steppe and steppe zones, with Molinia caerulea, Vaccinium spp., Empetrum nigrum, Trientalis europaea, Eriophorum vaginatum and many sphagna e.g. Sphagnum fallax, Sphagnum magellanicum, mosses and liverworts.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code T161
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

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
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Sphagnum Betula woods	G1.51	Same	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Betula pubescens

Flowering Plants Empetrum nigrum

Flowering Plants Eriophorum vaginatum

Flowering Plants Molinia caerulea

Flowering Plants Trientalis europaea

Mosses & Liverworts Sphagnum fallax

Mosses & Liverworts Sphagnum magellanicum

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Betula pubescens		Flowering Plants
Empetrum nigrum		Flowering Plants
Eriophorum vaginatum		Flowering Plants
Molinia caerulea		Flowering Plants
Trientalis europaea		Flowering Plants
Sphagnum fallax		Mosses & Liverworts
Sphagnum magellanicum		Mosses & Liverworts

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.66	Sphagnum birch woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	44.A1	Sphagnum birch woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	44.A1	Sphagnum birch woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	44.A1		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	44.A1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	44.A1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	44.A1		same

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