Hiberno-Britannic Eriophorum-Calluna blanket bogs
Description (English)
Lawn and hummock communities of upland blanket bog expanses of Britain and Ireland, mostly distributed in the Scottish Highlands, the Southern Uplands, the Pennines, the Lake District, Wales, in Orkney, in northern, western, southwestern and upland eastern Ireland, dominated by an admixture of Eriophorum vaginatum and ericoid shrubs, with a varying amount of sphagna and hypnoid mosses.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code Q1221 |
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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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Eriophorum vaginatum | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | D1.221 | Hiberno-Britannic Eriophorum-Calluna blanket bogs | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D1.221 | Hiberno-Britannic Eriophorum-Calluna blanket bogs | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D1.221 | Hiberno-Britannic Eriophorum-Calluna blanket bogs | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D1.221 | Hiberno-Britannic Eriophorum-Calluna blanket bogs | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D1.221 | Hiberno-Britannic Eriophorum-Calluna blanket bogs | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D1.221 | Hiberno-Britannic Eriophorum-Calluna blanket bogs | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D1.221 | Hiberno-Britannic cottonsedge-ling blanket bogs | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 52.21 | Hiberno-Britannic cottonsedge-ling blanket bogs | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 52.21 | Hiberno-Britannic cottonsedge-ling blanket bogs | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 52.21 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 52.21 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 52.21 | same |