Ling-crowberry birch-spruce-pine taiga
Description (English)
Sparse, extensive forests of the taiga belt of western Eurasia, west of the middle Petchora, dominated by Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies, with many birches and an understorey dominated by Calluna vulgaris, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Empetrum nigrum, Vaccinium myrtillus and, in the north, Vaccinium uliginosum, with Vaccinium vitis-idaea, lichens, notably of genus Cladonia, mosses (Dicranum). They are, in particular, characteristic of cold, low evaporation regions of Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish mountains, up to the subalpine belt, occupying heavy raw humus on podsols.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T3G11 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Picea abies | Conifers | |
Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
Calluna vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Empetrum hermaphroditum | Flowering Plants | |
Empetrum nigrum | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G3.B11 | Ling-crowberry birch-spruce-pine taiga | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.B11 | Ling-crowberry birch-spruce-pine taiga | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G3.B11 | Ling-crowberry birch-spruce-pine taiga | same |