D7
Fennoscandian moss-rich spruce forests (Picea abies) with dwarf shrubs and herbaceous plants (Vaccinium myrtillus, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Luzula pilosa, Maianthemum bifolium, Trientalis europaea, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi), partly with Anemone nemorosa, Ribes alpinum, locally alternating with pine and spruce mires
Description
Fennoscandian moss-rich spruce forests (Picea abies) with dwarf shrubs and herbaceous plants (Vaccinium myrtillus, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Luzula pilosa, Maianthemum bifolium, Trientalis europaea, Hylocomium splendens, Pleurozium schreberi), partly with Anemone nemorosa, Ribes alpinum, locally alternating with pine and spruce mires
Berry shrub-rich (a) and occasionally fern-rich (b) formation types of southern boreal spruce forests on mainly fresh and base-deficient morainal sites. In the tree layer the spruce dominates, while pines and birches are added occasionally. The shrub layer is weakly developed. Dwarf shrubs and mosses prevail in the field layer. The Dryopteris type (b) is associated with cool and moist sites.
D7a: Shrub-rich
D7b: Fern-rich
Tree Layer
Picea abies (Norway Spruce), locally with admixture of Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine), Betula pubescens (Downy Birch), Betula pendula (Silver Birch)
Norway Spruce, locally with admixture of Scots Pine, Downy Birch and Silver Birch
Shrub Layer
Juniperus communis (Juniper), Ribes alpinum (wild_shrub)
Spruce, Pine and Alder saplings
Lianas
No details
Herb Layer
D7a: Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry_bush), Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry_bush), Luzula pilosa (greater_wood_rush), Trientalis europaea (greater_wood_rush), Maianthemum bifolium (sweet_woodruff), Linnaea borealis (ABSENT), Melampyrum sylvaticum (wild_overgrown_nettles), Calamagrostis arundinacea (greater_fen_sedge), Deschampsia flexuosa (lush_grass), Melampyrum pratense (common_cow_wheat), Anemone nemorosa (ABSENT);
Also in D7b: Gymnocarpium dryopteris (fern_1), Dryopteris expansa (fern_1, bracken, fern), Phegopteris connectilis (bracken)
Forests in northern Eriador, west of Angmar
