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T16 Broadleaved mire forest on acid peat

Diagnostic taxa

Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, Calamagrostis canescens, Dryopteris carthusiana aggr., Frangula alnus, Molinia caerulea aggr., Quercus robur, Salix aurita, Salix cinerea subsp. cinerea

Bryophytes: Aulacomnium palustre, Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum fimbriatum, Sphagnum palustre aggr., Sphagnum recurvum aggr., Sphagnum squarrosum

Constant taxa

Agrostis canina, Alnus glutinosa, Avenella flexuosa, Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, Calamagrostis canescens, Calluna vulgaris, Carex canescens, Carex nigra, Carex rostrata, Comarum palustre, Dryopteris carthusiana aggr., Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum vaginatum, Frangula alnus, Galium palustre aggr., Juncus effusus, Lonicera periclymenum, Lysimachia vulgaris, Molinia caerulea aggr., Phragmites australis, Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris, Populus tremula, Potentilla erecta, Quercus robur, Rhododendron tomentosum, Rubus fruticosus aggr., Salix aurita, Salix cinerea subsp. cinerea, Sorbus aucuparia, Trientalis europaea, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium uliginosum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Bryophytes: Aulacomnium palustre, Dicranum scoparium, Hylocomium splendens, Hypnum cupressiforme aggr., Mnium hornum, Pleurozium schreberi, Polytrichum commune, Polytrichum formosum, Polytrichum strictum, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Sphagnum fimbriatum, Sphagnum palustre aggr., Sphagnum recurvum aggr.

Dominant taxa

Betula pendula, Betula pubescens, Eriophorum vaginatum, Molinia caerulea aggr., Vaccinium myrtillus

Bryophytes: Polytrichum commune, Sphagnum palustre aggr., Sphagnum recurvum aggr.

Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Version 2025-10-03, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16895007.

For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.