Boreo-Atlantic small fern birch woods

English name: Boreo-Atlantic small fern birch woods

Description (English)

Woods and thickets of Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii of Iceland and of the oceanic southern boreal and oceanic middle boreal zones of Norway, developed on moist moraine podsols, with a field layer dominated by ferns.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.91712
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.917)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 41.B712 Boreo-Atlantic small fern birch woods source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.91712 Boreo-Atlantic small fern birch woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.91712 Boreo-Atlantic small fern birch woods same
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