Table 5 Ecological characteristics of ecoregions dominantly covering Lower Saxony
Ecoregion | Texture | PNV | Temperature (°C) | Evaporation (mm) | Precipitation (mm) | Radiation (Wh/qm) | Germany (%) | Study area (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 | Coastal and riverine sediments and sand | Atlantic/subatlantic hygrophilous birch-common oak forest with Betula pubescens, Frangula alnus and Molinia caerulea | 9.0 | 46.5 | 63.4 | 3,273.4 | 7.3 | 78.3 |
43 | Glacifluvial sediments and sand | Atlantic/subatlantic mixed forest with oaks and beeches (Fagus sylvatica, Quercus robur, Q. petraea) with Lonicera periclymenum, Maianthemum bifolium, Vaccinium myrtillus, partly Ilex aquifolium | 8.4 | 46.7 | 59.0 | 3,286.8 | 7.2 | 9.6 |
47 | Loess and loessial derivates | Southern subatlantic/Central European high montane spruce-pine-oak forests (F. sylvatica, Abies alba, Picea abies) with Luzula sylvatica and in the East with Calamagrostis villosa | 9.3 | 48.0 | 60.9 | 3,303.9 | 8.1 | 8.1 |