44.A41 - Nemoral peatmoss spruce woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Picea abies woods rich in sphagnum and other wetness indicators, occupying fens or swamps at the periphery of raised bogs, as well as waterlogged soils in acidophilous spruce woods, frequent particularly in the montane and subalpine levels of hills and mountains of the high-precipitation areas of the Alpine periphery and in the lowlands at the edge of the spruce wood region of the boreal zone.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Sphagno girgensohnii-Piceetum

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)

Ellenberg, 1988: 97, 200-201, 212, 279; Wallnöfer, 1993b: 309-310.