Carpathian high montane Bazzania spruce forests

Description (English)

Picea abies forest stands installed on wet, acid, peaty ground of the margins of bogs and marshes within the montane level of the Eastern and Southwestern Carpathians, with a mucinal layer of Sphagnum palustre, Sphagnum wulfianum, Sphagnum squarrosum, Bazzania trilobata; regional species such as Soldanella hungarica ssp. major, Campanula abietina, Valeriana simplicifolia, Salix silesiaca, are characteristic and Listera cordata is sometimes present.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T311624

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G3.1B624 Carpathian high montane Bazzania spruce forests same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.1B624 Carpathian high montane Bazzania spruce forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.1B624 Carpathian high montane Bazzania spruce forests same
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