Q12x Iberoatlantic blanket bogs
Description
Hyperoceanic bogs dominated by Sphagna and hygrophilous Erica species, with water input mostly derived from atmospheric moisture, in areas whose climate, rainy and cloudy throughout the year, enables bogs to develop even on gentle slopes. In the study area this habitat is rare and relict, often including the endemic Carex durieui. The current localities are remnants from large bog areas that probably occupied NW Iberia during the glacial eras, as they occur now in the boreal Atlantic regions. A regional level IV unit is created, for none of the geographically or geomorphologically defined EUNIS units suits our blanket bogs.
Floristic Composition
Frequent species
Molinia caerulea
0.97,
Erica mackayana
0.95,
Eriophorum angustifolium
0.82,
Carex durieui
0.82,
Avenella flexuosa
0.51,
Calluna vulgaris
0.48,
Narthecium ossifragum
0.38,
Potentilla erecta
0.37,
Sphagnum capillifolium
0.29,
Sphagnum papillosum
0.28,
Sphagnum subnitens
0.26,
Drosera rotundifolia
0.25,
Odontoschisma sphagni
0.2,
Agrostis curtisii
0.2,
Leucobryum juniperoideum
0.18,
Gentiana pneumonanthe
0.17,
Erica ciliaris
0.17,
Sphagnum tenellum
0.17,
Scilla verna
0.17,
Serratula tinctoria
0.17,
Sphagnum auriculatum
0.14,
Arnica montana
0.14,
Sphagnum cuspidatum
0.14,
Narcissus bulbocodium
0.12,
Eleocharis multicaulis
0.12,
Juncus squarrosus
0.11,
Carex binervis
0.11,
Aulacomnium palustre
0.11,
Polygala serpyllifolia
0.09,
Rhynchospora alba
0.09,
Juncus bulbosus
0.09,
Kurzia trichoclados
0.09,
Sphagnum compactum
0.09,
Calypogeia sphagnicola
0.09,
Hypnum jutlandicum
0.09,
Campylopus introflexus
0.09,
Agrostis stolonifera
0.08,
Carex panicea
0.08,
Drosera intermedia
0.08,
Trichophorum cespitosum
0.08,
Agrostis canina
0.06,
Carex demissa
0.06,
Hypnum uncinulatum
0.06,
Luzula multiflora
0.06
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Indicator species
Erica mackayana 0.95
,
Molinia caerulea 0.93
,
Carex durieui 0.81
,
Eriophorum angustifolium 0.78
,
Avenella flexuosa 0.51
,
Calluna vulgaris 0.4
,
Potentilla erecta 0.28
,
Sphagnum capillifolium 0.23
,
Sphagnum subnitens 0.23
,
Sphagnum papillosum 0.22
,
Narthecium ossifragum 0.21
,
Odontoschisma sphagni 0.2
,
Agrostis curtisii 0.2
,
Leucobryum juniperoideum 0.18
,
Scilla verna 0.17
,
Gentiana pneumonanthe 0.16
,
Erica ciliaris 0.16
,
Serratula tinctoria 0.16
,
Drosera rotundifolia 0.15
,
Sphagnum tenellum 0.14
,
Narcissus bulbocodium 0.12
,
Arnica montana 0.1
,
Kurzia trichoclados 0.09
,
Calypogeia sphagnicola 0.09
,
Carex binervis 0.09
,
Sphagnum compactum 0.09
,
Hypnum jutlandicum 0.09
,
Eleocharis multicaulis 0.08
,
Campylopus introflexus 0.08
,
Polygala serpyllifolia 0.07
,
Hypnum uncinulatum 0.06
,
Rhynchospora alba 0.06
,
Drosera intermedia 0.06
,
Luzula multiflora 0.06
,
Leucobryum glaucum 0.05
,
Sphagum compactum 0.05
,
Aulacomnium palustre 0.05
,
Racomitrium lanuginosum 0.05
,
Agrostis canina 0.04
,
Sphagnum cuspidatum 0.04
,
Juncus squarrosus 0.04
,
Diplophyllum albicans 0.03
,
Campylopus pilifer 0.03
,
Rhytidiadelphus loreus 0.03
,
Campylopus flexuosus 0.03
,
Thuidium tamariscinum 0.03
,
Sphagnum russowii 0.03
,
Ranunculus bulbosus 0.02
,
Sphagnum recurvum 0.02
,
Scorzonera humilis 0.02
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Regional distribution
