%0 Research Notes %T Classification of mires in the forestry in the former USSR %A Vompersky, Stanislav E %A Anatolij, Ivanov %D 1993 %J Suo - Mires and peat %V 44 %N 3 %U http://suo.fi/article/9729 %X Peatlands and paludified forests have been regarded and classified as forests on peat soil in the former USSR. Treeless mires and sparsely forested mires with poor-quality tree stands have considered to be real mires. That is why in Russia, the term of forest type is traditionally used instead of mire type. The dominant tree species has the indicator role of the site type and this is also reflected in the name of the forest type. Besides the nationwide classification based on Sukachev's works, there are also some interesting regional (now national) classification systems especially in Latvia and Lithuania. Key words: forest drainage, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Siberia