T4
Birch carrs (Betula pubescens), partly with Pinus sylvestris, often in combination with alder carrs (Alnus glutinosa), birch-pedunculate oak forests (Quercus robur, Betula pubescens) or mires
Description
Species deficient, two-layered forests with dominant downy birch (Betula pubescens s.l.) and a grass-rich undergrowth, dominated as a rule by Molinia caerulea, and depending on wetness and trophy sedge, peat-moss or dwarf shrub-rich formation types.
Tree Layer
Betula pubescens s. l. (dominating) (Downy Birch), sparsely Pinus sylvestris (Scots Pine), Picea abies (Silver Fir), Quercus robur (Common Oak), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan), Populus tremula (European Aspen), Betula pendula (Silver Birch)
Downy Birch dominating, sparse Scots Pine, Silver Fir, Common Oak, Rowan, European Aspen and Silver Birch
Shrub Layer
sparsely Frangula alnus (Alder Buckthorn), Salix aurita (Goat Willow Bush), Myrica gale (wild_shrub)
Alder, Spruce, Pine, Willow and Downy Willow saplings
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
Molinia caerulea (sweet_grass), Erica tetralix (cross_leaved_heath), Agrostis canina (green_meadow_fescue), Carex nigra (deergrass), Eriophorum vaginatum (cotton_grass), Eriophorum angustifolium (cotton_grass), Melampyrum pratense (common_cow_wheat), Deschampsia flexuosa (lush_grass), Dryopteris carthusiana (fern_1), Trientalis europaea (greater_wood_rush), Calluna vulgaris (heather), Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry_bush), Vaccinium uliginosum (bog_blueberry_bush), Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry_bush), Vaccinium oxycoccos (alpine_bearberry), Andromeda polifolia (bilberry_bush), Empetrum nigrum (broom_bush [age=2]), Lycopodium annotinum (wood_horsetail)
Forests and wetlands surrounding Mithlond
