Dwarf shrub hummocks
English name:
Dwarf shrub hummocks
Description (English)
Dwarf shrub communities, mostly ericaceous, forming on the top of drying hummocks of bogs of the nemoral, boreonemoral, lowland boreal and low montane boreal regions of the Palaearctic, often with the moss Polytrichum strictum, sometimes colonizing sphagnum hummocks forming in fens of the same regions.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code D1.1113 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Mosses & Liverworts
Polytrichum strictum
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Polytrichum strictum | Mosses & Liverworts |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 51.113 | Dwarf shrub hummocks | source |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D1.1113 | Dwarf shrub hummocks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D1.1113 | Dwarf shrub hummocks | same |
