Labrador tea shrub hummocks

English name: Labrador tea shrub hummocks

Description (English)

Shrub hummocks of boreonemoral, sub-boreal, lowland boreal and low montane boreal regions of the Palaearctic dominated by Ledum palustre, most characteristic of subcontinental regions of the southeastern Baltic hinterland, from eastern Germany, Poland, the Baltic States to boreonemoral Russia, and of the southern boreal Far East of Kamchatcka and northern Sakhalin, often marking tall hummocks.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code D1.11135

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Ledum palustre
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Ledum palustre Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 51.1135 Labrador tea shrub hummocks source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D1.11135 Labrador tea shrub hummocks same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D1.11135 Labrador tea shrub hummocks same
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