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Concept: Boreal dwarf scrub Scots pine fen woods in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G3.D22 |
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| Preferred label | Boreal dwarf scrub Scots pine fen woods |
| Definition | Oligotrophic, acidophile [Pinus sylvestris] woods of peat-forming fens, fen edges, bog edges, lake shores of the boreal region of the western Palaearctic with an understorey dominated by ericoid shrubs, in particular, [Vaccinium uliginosum], [Vaccinium myrtillus], [Empetrum hermaphroditum], [Empetrum nigrum], [Ledum palustre], associated with [Betula nana], and accompanied by an abundance of [Eriophorum vaginatum], of acidophilous sphagnum mosses, in particular, [Sphagnum fuscum], [Sphagnum angustifolium], [Sphagnum nemoreum], [Sphagnum russowii], and of lichens of genus [Cladonia]. The species cortège habitually includes [Picea abies], [Betula pubescens], [Rubus chamaemorus], [Calluna vulgaris], [Vaccinium vitis-idaea], [Molinia caerulea], [Pleurozium schreberi], [Polytrichum commune] and, regionally, [Chamaedaphne calyculata], [Erica tetralix], [Myrica gale], [Carex globulosa]. |
| Notation | G3.D22 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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