Below is a list of ecoregions in Scotland.
Terrestrial
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Temperate coniferous forests
Fresh water
- Central & Western Europe
- Northern British Isles
Flora and conditions
The principal plant communities of the Celtic broadleaf forests include:[1]
- lowland to submontane acidophilous oak forests,
- mixed oak forests, principally of English oak (Quercus robur) and sessile oak (Quercus petraea).
- mixed oak-ash forests.
Plant communities with smaller areas include:
- western boreal and nemoral-montane birch forests,
- fen and swamp forests,
- ombrotrophic mires in northern England and southern Scotland.
In addition to the two native oak species (Quercus robur and Q. petraea), broad-leafed deciduous trees include common ash, silver birch, European aspen, and common elm.
Small annual temperature variation, high humidity, and high levels of annual precipitation makes Celtic Rainforest an important habitat for numerous common and rare species of mosses, liverworts, and lichens.[2][3][4][5] The Scottish Natural History Scientific Advisory Committee writes, "the whole area is a lichenologists’ Mecca".[2] There is an exceptional number of epiphytic plants (plants growing on or hanging from trees without being parasitic).[2] The ground is covered with a deep blanketing of mosses and liverworts, which rise up the trunks of the trees onto the horizontal branches and up into the canopy.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Celtic broadleaf forests". www.worldwildlife.org. WWF. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d Important habitats for lichens, The Celtic rain forest, Scottish Natural Heritage online, [1] Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lichen Glossary (a-f)". www.lichens.lastdragon.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Atlantic Hazelwoods: the case for conservation of a newly-recognised woodland type, Scottish Natural heritage Scientific Advisory Committee, 3-20-2014, [2] Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Atlantic hazel: Scotland’s special woodlands, A. M. Coppins, B. J. Coppins, Atlantic Hazel Action Group: Kilmartin, UK, 2012
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