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Concept: Sedge sphagnum birch woods in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G1.512
Preferred label Sedge sphagnum birch woods
Definition Sphagnum-rich [Betula pubescens] or [Betula carpatica] woods of the boreal and nemoral western Palaearctic in which [Molinia caerulea] is accompanied by a cortège of acid fen species, in particular, [Carex rostrata], [Carex nigra], [Carex echinata], [Juncus acutiflorus], [Agrostis canina], [Narthecium ossifragum], [Calamagrostis canescens] and by ericoid shrubs, in particular [Vaccinium uliginosum]. Depending on water level, regime of inundation, history of ligneous colonization and nature of the initial stage, the undergrowth may be dominated by [Molinia caerulea], by sedges [Carex] spp., by rushes [Juncus] spp., by [Scirpus cespitosus] or by ericoid shrubs, resulting in a number of rather distinctive habitats. Conifers, mostly [Picea abies], may participate in the canopy of boreal, northeastern nemoral, Hercynian sub-boreal and pre-Alpine communities; [Pinus sylvestris] has its westernmost relict stations in northwestern stands. Fennoscandian formations have a number of northern species, in particular [Calamagrostis purpurea], [Cornus suecica], [Empetrum] spp., [Rubus chamaemorus].
Notation G1.512
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
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