EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > T - Forest and other wooded land > T1 - Deciduous broadleaved forest > T1C - Temperate and boreal mountain Betula and Populus tremula forest on mineral soils > T1C1 - Birch forest not on marshy terrain > T1C14 - Oroboreal Betula forests and thickets

Oroboreal Betula forests and thickets

Description (English)

Timberline birch woods and thickets dominating the subalpine belt of the mountains of the boreal taiga zone or the transition zone between taiga and tundra or polar deserts in the Atlantic or Pacific influenced extreme western and extreme eastern regions of the northern Palaearctic, formed by Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii (Betula pubescens ssp. tortuosa, Betula kusmisscheffii) or Betula ermani.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code T1C14
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)	Oroboreal Betula woods and thickets	G1.917	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

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

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	G1.917	Oroboreal Betula woods and thickets	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.917	Oroboreal Betula woods and thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.917	Oroboreal Betula woods and thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.917	Oroboreal Betula woods and thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.917	Oro-boreal Betula woods and thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.917	Oro-boreal Betula woods and thickets	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.C7	Oro-boreal birch woods and thickets	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	41.B7	Oro-boreal birch woods and thickets	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	41.B7	Oro-boreal birch woods and thickets	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	41.B7		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	41.B7		same

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