EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.5 - Broadleaved swamp woodland on acid peat > G1.51 - Sphagnum Betula woods

Sphagnum Betula woods

English name: Sphagnum birch woods

Description (English)

Forests of Betula pubescens or Betula carpatica on peaty, humid and very acid soils, colonizing bogs of reduced peat building activity and acid fens of the boreal, sub-boreal and nemoral zones, very locally of the wooded steppe and steppe zones, with Molinia caerulea, Vaccinium spp., Empetrum nigrum, Trientalis europaea, Eriophorum vaginatum and many sphagna e.g. Sphagnum fallax, Sphagnum magellanicum, mosses and liverworts.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.51
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods	9080	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Bog woodland	91D0	Narrower

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Betula pubescens

Flowering Plants Empetrum nigrum

Flowering Plants Eriophorum vaginatum

Flowering Plants Molinia caerulea

Flowering Plants Trientalis europaea

Mosses & Liverworts Sphagnum fallax

Mosses & Liverworts Sphagnum magellanicum

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Betula pubescens		Flowering Plants
Empetrum nigrum		Flowering Plants
Eriophorum vaginatum		Flowering Plants
Molinia caerulea		Flowering Plants
Trientalis europaea		Flowering Plants
Sphagnum fallax		Mosses & Liverworts
Sphagnum magellanicum		Mosses & Liverworts

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	44.A1	Sphagnum birch woods	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	22	Swamp and fen forests, birch	same
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	2.2.1.6	Birch forest of wet dwarf shrub-grass type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	3.2.1.3	Spruce-Birch woodland fen, Poor Sphagnum type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	3.1.1.3	Wooded bog with pine of Dwarf shrub type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	2.2.1.7a	Birch forest of wet herb variant	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	3.1.1.1	Wooded bog vegetation with birch of Dwarf shrub type	n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	W4	Betula pubescens-Molinia caerulea woodland	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.5.1	Bétulaie sur tourbe	same
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	L10.1	RAŠELINNÉ BŘEZINY (Birch mire forests)	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.51	Sphagnum Betula woods	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.66	Sphagnum birch woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	44.A1	Sphagnum birch woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	44.A1	Sphagnum birch woods	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	44.A1		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	44.A1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	44.A1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	44.A1		same

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