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Concept: Boreal sedge-sphagnum spruce swamp woods in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G3.D53
Preferred label Boreal sedge-sphagnum spruce swamp woods
Definition Spruce swamp woods of boreonemoral and boreal regions of the western Palaearctic dominated by [Picea abies] or [Picea obovata], with a field layer rich in sedges, horsetails, short and tall herbs, developed on nutrient-rich gley substrates with wet fen mull at the surface, and near-surface flowing or stagnant groundwater. [Betula pubescens], [Alnus glutinosa], [Alnus incana] may participate in the tree layer, [Carex] spp., [Filipendula ulmaria], [Equisetum] spp., [Salix] spp., [Calla palustris] may dominate the herb and shrub layer, [Sphagnum] spp. dominate the ground layer; the species cortège includes [Phalaris arundinacea], [Calamagrostis purpurea], [Chamaegrostis canescans], [Geranium sylvaticum], [Lysimachia thyrsiflora], [Rubus chamaemorus], [Menyanthes trifoliata], [Caltha palustris], [Cardamine amara], [Cornus suecica], [Vaccinium myrtillus].
Notation G3.D53
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader
Has exact match