Picea mire forest
Description (English)
Open woodland dominated by spruce (Picea abies or P. obovata) 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.
Remark: Mire forests occurring in ombrotrophic conditions and those occurring in minerotrophic conditions (in fens or at sites influenced by spring water) can be considered as two different habitats characterised by a different floristic composition of the herb layer. This distinction can be seen not only within spruce forests but also within pine forests and larch forests.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T3K |
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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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Sphagnum girgensohnii | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Carex globularis | Flowering Plants | |
Picea abies | Conifers | |
Polytrichum commune | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Equisetum sylvaticum | Ferns | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Betula pubescens | Flowering Plants | |
Bazzania trilobata | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Hylocomium splendens | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Trientalis europaea | Flowering Plants | |
Lycopodium annotinum | Ferns | |
Sphagnum russowii | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Neottia cordata | 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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Picea abies | Conifers | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Flowering Plants | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Hylocomium splendens | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Polytrichum commune | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Betula pubescens | Flowering Plants | |
Sorbus aucuparia | Flowering Plants | |
Avenella flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
Trientalis europaea | Flowering Plants | |
Equisetum sylvaticum | Ferns | |
Sphagnum girgensohnii | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Dicranum scoparium | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Maianthemum bifolium | Flowering Plants | |
Eriophorum vaginatum | Flowering Plants | |
Carex globularis | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus chamaemorus | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum recurvum | 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 |
---|---|---|
Picea abies | Conifers | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum girgensohnii | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum recurvum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Polytrichum commune | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum capillifolium | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Hylocomium splendens | Mosses & Liverworts |
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.Db | Picea mire woodland | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G3.D | Boreal 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.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G3.E | Nemoral bog conifer woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G3.D | Boreal bog conifer woodland | same |