Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux
Description (English)
Deep-peat lawn and hummock communities of blanket bog expanses of western Ireland, western Scotland and its islands, the Lake District, northern Wales and Devon, composed of graminoids, ericoid shrubs and sphagna, forming extensive, relatively featureless, fairly flat or gently undulating, tracts with a fine-grained alternation of dominance among species or, on bogs with stronger surface undulations, better defined hummocks.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code Q1211 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
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Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | D1.211 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D1.211 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D1.211 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D1.211 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D1.211 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D1.211 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D1.211 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 52.11 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 52.11 | Hiberno-Britannic lowland blanket bog plateaux | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 52.11 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 52.11 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 52.11 | same |
