Lichen Pinus taiga
Description (English)
Woods of Pinus sylvestris of Fennoscandia, the Baltic States and northern Russia, with a very low, sparse, dwarf-shrub layer and a ground layer dominated by lichens mainly of genus Cladonia, notably Cladonia rangiferina, Cladonia alpestris, Cladonia mitis. Participating species include Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Calluna vulgaris, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Cetraria islandica, Dicranum polysetum, Dicranum spurium, Pleurozium schreberi, Stereocaulon spp., installed on podsols with a thin raw humus layer, often on sand sediment.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T3G4 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Conifers
Pinus sylvestris
Fungi
Cladonia mitis
Fungi
Cladonia rangiferina
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
| Cladonia mitis | Fungi | |
| Cladonia rangiferina | Fungi |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G3.B4 | Lichen Pinus taiga | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.B4 | Lichen Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G3.B4 | Lichen Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G3.B4 | Lichen Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G3.B4 | Lichen Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G3.B4 | Lichen Pinus taiga | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G3.A8 | Lichen pine taiga | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 42.C8 | Lichen pine taiga | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 42.C8 | Lichen pine taiga | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 42.C8 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 42.C8 | same |
