Oro-Scandian bilberry-dwarf cornel birch woods
Description (English)
Low to medium tall (to 6 m) Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii woods of the mountains of Norway and northern Finland, extending from the subalpine belt down, in western Norway, to the fjords, developing in somewhat warmer and wetter areas and occupying thick humus layers on weak podsols of sandy more nutrient-rich moraines than those of units G1.91721 and G1.91722, with an undergrowth dominated by Cornus suecica, Empetrum hermaphroditum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Deschampsia flexuosa, accompanied by taller shrubs, primarily of Juniperus communis and Salix spp.; accompanying species include Linnaea borealis, Solidago virgaurea, Trientalis europaea, Vaccinium uliginosum, Molinia caerulea, Luzula sylvatica, Thelypteris limbosperma, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Blechnum spicant, Dryopteris expansa, Dicranum scoparium, Dicranum majus, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi, Cladonia spp.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code G1.91723 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.917) |
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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Blechnum spicant | Ferns | |
Cornus suecica | Flowering Plants | |
Deschampsia flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Dicranum majus | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Dicranum scoparium | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Dryopteris expansa | Ferns | |
Empetrum hermaphroditum | Flowering Plants | |
Gymnocarpium dryopteris | Ferns | |
Hylocomium splendens | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Juniperus communis | Conifers | |
Linnaea borealis | Flowering Plants | |
Luzula sylvatica | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Solidago virgaurea | Flowering Plants | |
Thelypteris limbosperma | Ferns | |
Trientalis europaea | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 41.B723 | Oro-Scandian bilberry-dwarf cornel birch woods | source |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.91723 | Oro-Scandian bilberry-dwarf cornel birch woods | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.91723 | Oro-Scandian bilberry-dwarf cornel birch woods | same |