Heathland Lüneburg Heath
typical sandy heath near wilsede
ordinary sand heath (typische sandheide, genisto-callunetum)
in addition common heather (calluna vulgaris) few taller plants occur here, none of can classed characteristic species. amongst them wavy hair-grass (deschampsia flexuosa) , common juniper (juniperus communis). ordinary sand heath widespread of heathland types. proportion has increased in recent decades @ expense of other heath habitats. reduction in variety of heathland types may due increasing nitrogen levels air, increase in plant litter (rohhumusauflagen) , natural ageing of heathland.
lichen-rich sand heath (flechtenreiche sandheide, genisto-callunetum cladonietosum)
the lichen-rich sand heaths can told apart other types of heathland presence of various cup lichens (cladonia), ciliated fringewort (ptilidium ciliare) , juniper haircap (polytrichum juniperinum). occur on dry, south-facing slopes. type of heath found west of niederhaverbeck , near sundermühlen.
clay heath (lehmheide, genisto-callunetum danthonietusum)
this can identified presence of heath grass (danthonia decumbens), pill sedge (carex pilulifera), mat grass (nardus stricta), fine-leaved sheep s-fescue (festuca filiformis), mouse-ear hawkweed (hieracium pilosella) , field wood-rush (luzula campestris). clay heaths have become rare within lüneburg heath. found on wilseder berg , south of niederhaverbeck.
blueberry sand heath (heidelbeer-sandheide, genisto-callunetum, vaccinium myrtillus rasse)
blueberries (vaccinium myrtillus) signature species of type of heath and, more rarely, cranberries (vaccinium vitis-idaea). blueberry heath second common type of vegetation on heathlands , occurs on northern slopes, edges of woods , thick juniper hedges. type of heath particularly characteristic of northern slopes of wilseder berg, steingrund , totengrund. in places, cranberries have ousted common heather (calluna vulgaris) in places.
wet sand heath (feuchte sandheide, genisto-callunetum, molinia-variante)
wet sand heath ideal habitat purple moor grass (molinia caerulea), cross-leaved heath (erica tetralix) , scirpus (scirpus cespitosus). occurs in places close water table , in transition zone around bogs. primary locations areas north of wilsede , near hörpel ponds (hörpeler teichen).
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