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Concept: Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant [Trichophorum] in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D1.21 |
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| Preferred label | Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant [Trichophorum] |
| Definition | Hyper-Atlantic blanket bogs of the western coastlands of Ireland, western Scotland and its islands, Cumberland, northern Wales and Devon, developed under very high rainfall climates. The main vascular plants are [Molinia caerulea], [Eriophorum angustifolium], [Eriophorum vaginatum], [Scirpus cespitosus], [Schoenus nigricans], [Rhynchospora alba], [Narthecium ossifragum], [Carex panicea], [Calluna vulgaris], [Erica tetralix], [Myrica gale], [Pedicularis sylvatica], [Potentilla erecta], [Polygala serpyllifolia], [Pinguicula lusitanica], [Drosera rotundifolia]. The colourful mucinal layer comprises the black and crimson liverwort [Pleurozia purpurea], the black and gold moss [Campylopus atrovirens], the wooly fringe moss [Racomitrium lanuginosum]; it is often dominated by sphagna ([Sphagnum auriculatum], [Sphagnum magellanicum], [Sphagnum compactum], [Sphagnum papillosum], [Sphagnum nemoreum], [Sphagnum rubellum], [Sphagnum tenellum], [Sphagnum subnitens]), or, particularly in parts of western Ireland, mucilaginous algal deposits ([Zygogonium]). |
| Notation | D1.21 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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