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Concept: Boreal acidophile sphagnum spruce woods in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G3.D41 |
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| Preferred label | Boreal acidophile sphagnum spruce woods |
| Definition | Woods of bogs and acidic fens of the western Palaearctic taiga zone dominated by [Picea abies] or [Picea obovata], generally accompanied by [Betula pubescens], with a field layer dominated by [Carex] spp., [Eriophorum vaginatum], [Menyanthes trifoliata], [Potentilla palustris], and a ground layer dominated by acidophilous sphagna, in particular, [Sphagnum angustifolium], [Sphagnum recurvum] ([Sphagnum fallax]), [Sphagnum magellanicum], [Sphagnum riparium]. The variable species cortège includes [Pinus sylvestris], [Salix] spp., [Vaccinium oxycoccos], [Vaccinium uliginosum], [Vaccinium vitis-idaea], [Carex canescens], [Carex chordorrhiza], [Carex lasiocarpa], [Carex magellanica], [Carex nigra], [Carex rostrata], [Calamagrostis purpurea], [Juncus filiformis], [Equisetum fluviatile], [Aulacomnium palustre], [Pleurozium schreberi], [Polytrichum commune], [Sphagnum girgensohnii]. |
| Notation | G3.D41 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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