Vaccinium vitis-idaea Pinus and Picea - Pinus taiga
Description (English)
Conifer forests of the taiga belt of western Eurasia, limited to southern and central Finland, central and northern Sweden and southeastern Norway, the Baltic States, southern boreal and boreonemoral Russia, dominated by Pinus sylvestris, often accompanied by Picea abies, which may dominate or codominate, with an ericoid-dominated, moss-rich and lichen-rich undergrowth mostly formed by Vaccinium vitis-idaea with Empetrum nigrum, Empetrum hermaphroditum. The species cort
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T3G2 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Conifers
Picea abies
Conifers
Pinus sylvestris
Flowering Plants
Empetrum hermaphroditum
Flowering Plants
Empetrum nigrum
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Picea abies | Conifers | |
| Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
| Empetrum hermaphroditum | Flowering Plants | |
| Empetrum nigrum | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G3.B2 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea Pinus and Picea - Pinus taiga | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.B2 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea Pinus and Picea - Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G3.B2 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea Pinus and Picea - Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G3.B2 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea Pinus and Picea - Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G3.B2 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea Pinus and Picea - Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G3.B2 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea-Pinus and Picea-Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G3.A6 | Cowberry pine and spruce-pine taiga | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 42.C6 | Cowberry pine and spruce-pine taiga | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 42.C6 | Cowberry pine and spruce-pine taiga | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 42.C6 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 42.C6 | same |
