Boreo-Atlantic crowberry-bog bilberry birch forests
Description (English)
Woods and thickets of Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii of Iceland and western Norway with an ericoid-dominated undergrowth, formed mainly by Empetrum hermaphroditum, dominant in Iceland, and Vaccinium uliginosum, dominant in Norway, accompanied by Calluna vulgaris, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Betula nana, Deschampsia flexuosa, mosses and, in Iceland, Juncus trifidus, Kobresia myosuroides.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T1-C1411 |
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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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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Flowering Plants | |
Betula nana | Flowering Plants | |
Calluna vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Deschampsia flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Empetrum hermaphroditum | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus trifidus | Flowering Plants | |
Kobresia myosuroides | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.91711 | Boreo-Atlantic crowberry-bog bilberry birch woods | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.91711 | Boreo-Atlantic crowberry-bog bilberry birch woods | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.91711 | Boreo-Atlantic crowberry-bog bilberry birch woods | same |