Pinus mugo bog forests
Description (English)
Woods or scrubs formed by erect or prostrate members of the Pinus mugo complex, namely the tall, single-stemmed Pinus uncinata, the multi-stemmed, up to 8m tall, Pinus rotundata, and the multi-stemmed, up to 2m tall, Pinus mugo, developing on drier buttes and ridges of raised bogs, acid fens and transition moors of the Alps, the pre-Alpine plateaux and valleys, the Jura, the Carpathians, the higher Hercynian ranges and associated hills and depressions, with Eriophorum vaginatum, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium uliginosum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Sphagnum spp. and sometimes Betula nana.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T3J4 |
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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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Pinus mugo | Conifers | |
Pinus uncinata | Conifers | |
Eriophorum vaginatum | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium oxycoccos | 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.E1 | Pinus mugo bog woods | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.E1 | Pinus mugo bog woods | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G3.E1 | Pinus mugo bog woods | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G3.E1 | Pinus mugo bog woods | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G3.E1 | Pinus rotundata bog woods | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G3.E1 | Pinus rotundata bog woods | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G3.43 | Mountain pine bog woods | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 44.A3 | Mountain pine bog woods | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 44.A3 | Mountain pine bog woods | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 44.A3 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 44.A3 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 44.A3 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 44.A3 | same |