44.A11 - Cottonsedge sphagnum birch woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Sphagnum-rich Betula pubescens or Betula carpatica woods of the boreal and nemoral, mostly subboreal, western Palaearctic in which bog species, in particular Eriophorum vaginatum and Vaccinium oxycoccos, are prominent.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Sphagno-Betuletum eriophoretosum vaginati, Erico-Sphagnetum betuletosum

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Mériaux & al., 1978; Noirfalise, 1984: unit X.1.3.3; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984: unit 3.1.1.1; Påhlsson, 1994: unit 3.1.1.1.