EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > T - Forest and other wooded land > T3 - Coniferous forest > T3G - Pinus sylvestris light taiga > T3G4 - Lichen Pinus taiga > T3G42 - Southern boreal continental lichen pine taiga

Southern boreal continental lichen pine taiga

Description (English)

Lichen-carpeted Pinus sylvestris woods of areas of continental climate regions of Fennoscandia, of the Baltic States and of the southern boreal and boreonemoral zones of northern Russia, particularly characteristic of eastern Sweden and Finland. Dominant lichens are Cladonia rangiferina, Cladonia alpestris, Cladonia mitis and, in coastal

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T3G42

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species 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.B42 Southern boreal continental lichen pine taiga same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.B42 Southern boreal continental lichen pine taiga same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.B42 Southern boreal continental lichen pine taiga same
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