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Concept: Boreoalpine dwarf-shrub hummocks on raised bogs in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D1.114 |
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| Preferred label | Boreoalpine dwarf-shrub hummocks on raised bogs |
| Definition | Communities of the boreoalpine, subalpine, arctoalpine and northern lowland regions of Iceland, Fennoscandia, the Kola peninsula and the Urals formed by hummocks, banks or plateaux of sphagna or of bryopsid mosses associated with small shrubs, particularly [Betula nana], also [Empetrum hermaphroditum], [Ledum palustre], [Vaccinium uliginosum], [Rubus chamaemorus], accompanied by [Vaccinium oxycoccos], [Eriophorum vaginatum], [Eriophorum angustifolium], [Carex nigra]. They may associate with depressions occupied by lawn, hollow or mud bottom communities; they are prone to a rapid desiccation. They show affinities with blanket bogs of unit 52, in particular, with upland blanket bogs of unit 52.2 and northern boreal blanket bogs of unit 52.4. |
| Notation | D1.114 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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