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Concept: Boreal northern bilberry spruce swamp woods in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G3.D541 |
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| Preferred label | Boreal northern bilberry spruce swamp woods |
| Definition | Oligotrophic, species-poor spruce swamp woods of the western Palaearctic taiga zone dominated by [Picea abies] or [Picea obovata] in the tree layer and an understorey dominated by hygrophile ericoid shrubs, [Vaccinium uliginosum] and [Vaccinium myrtillus], by [Equisetum sylvaticum] and by sphagnum carpets formed by [Sphagnum girgensohnii], [Sphagnum russowii], [Sphagnum angustifolium], developed on oligotrophic, hydromorphic soils with carr-peat or raw humus by lake-shores, on mire margins, in hollows and on slopes. The species cortège includes [Betula pubescens], [Betula nana], [Vaccinium vitis-idaea], [Empetrum] spp., [Rubus chamaemorus], [Polytrichum commune], [Sphagnum fuscum] and, notably in eastern Scandinavia, [Ledum palustre], [Carex globularis]. |
| Notation | G3.D541 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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