Northern wet heaths
Description (English)
Wet heaths of the northern Atlantic and sub-Atlantic domaine and of boreal enclaves in the southern Atlantic and sub-Atlantic domaine. They mostly comprise wet and humid heaths of anmoors, gleypodsols and thin peats of the British Isles, the Germano-Baltic plains and neighbouring Hercynian hills, northern and northwestern France, southern Scandinavia, dominated by Erica tetralix or Calluna vulgaris, sometimes in association with Scirpus cespitosus or Molinia caerulea, usually accompanied by non-peatbuilding sphagna, in particular, Sphagnum compactum, Sphagnum molle, Sphagnum tenellum. They also include peaty heaths of more southern regions, in western France, the periphery of the Paris Basin and northwestern Iberia, mostly developed in the central, most humid, part of depressions, often in contact with somewhat less humid formations of unit F4.12.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S411 |
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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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Calluna vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Erica tetralix | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants | |
Scirpus cespitosus | Flowering Plants | |
Sphagnum compactum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum molle | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Sphagnum tenellum | Mosses & Liverworts |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F4.11 | Northern wet heaths | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F4.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F4.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F4.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F4.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F4.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F4.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.11 | Northern wet heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.11 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.11 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.11 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.11 | same |