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Concept: [Vaccinium vitis-idaea] [Pinus] and [Picea] - [Pinus] taiga in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G3.B2
Preferred label [Vaccinium vitis-idaea] [Pinus] and [Picea] - [Pinus] taiga
Definition Conifer forests of the taiga belt of western Eurasia, limited to southern and central Finland, central and northern Sweden and southeastern Norway, the Baltic States, southern boreal and boreonemoral Russia, dominated by [Pinus sylvestris], often accompanied by [Picea abies], which may dominate or codominate, with an ericoid-dominated, moss-rich and lichen-rich undergrowth mostly formed by [Vaccinium vitis-idaea] with [Empetrum nigrum], [Empetrum hermaphroditum]. The species cortège includes [Betula pubescens], [Calluna vulgaris], [Ledum palustre], [Vaccinium myrtillus], [Vaccinium uliginosum], [Pyrola chlorantha], [Goodyera repens], [Deschampsia flexuosa], [Lycopodium complanatum], [Cladonia] spp., [Dicranum scoparium], [Dicranum polysetum], [Dicranum fuscescens], [Hylocomium splendens], [Pleurozium schreberi]. They occur on sandy moraines or calcareous sand sediments in low rainfall areas.
Notation G3.B2
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
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