Pinus and Larix mire forest
Description (English)
Open woodland dominated by pine (Pinus mugo subsp. rotundata, Pinus sylvestris) or larch (Larix decidua, L. sibirica) on acid peat or around active bogs and poor fens with nutrient-poor ground waters occurring through the boreal zone and locally, where ground conditions permit, in the continental zone.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T3J |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Eriophorum vaginatum | Flowering Plants | |
Andromeda polifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Rhododendron tomentosum | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants | |
Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
Rubus chamaemorus | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium oxycoccos | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum magellanicum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Carex globularis | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum recurvum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Aulacomnium palustre | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Betula nana | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum fuscum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Empetrum nigrum | Flowering Plants | |
Betula pubescens | Flowering Plants | |
Polytrichum strictum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Chamaedaphne calyculata | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium microcarpum | Flowering Plants | |
Carex pauciflora | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
Eriophorum vaginatum | Flowering Plants | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Flowering Plants | |
Andromeda polifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Calluna vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Empetrum nigrum | Flowering Plants | |
Betula pubescens | Flowering Plants | |
Picea abies | Conifers | |
Rubus chamaemorus | Flowering Plants | |
Rhododendron tomentosum | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum recurvum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Aulacomnium palustre | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Vaccinium oxycoccos | Flowering Plants | |
Betula nana | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum magellanicum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Polytrichum strictum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Hylocomium splendens | Mosses & Liverworts |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
Sphagnum recurvum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum fuscum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Eriophorum vaginatum | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum magellanicum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Rhododendron tomentosum | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum capillifolium | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Calluna vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | overlap |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | overlap |
European Red List of Habitats | G3.Da | Pinus mire woodland | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same |