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Concept: Boreoalpine soft water hepatic springs in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D2.2C14
Preferred label Boreoalpine soft water hepatic springs
Definition Bryophyte dominated spring communities of alpine, subalpine, boreoalpine or arctoalpine, sometimes montane, well-lit, lime-poor cold waters of the Palaearctic domaine, dominated by leafy hepatics of genera [Scapania], [Marsupella], [Jungermannia], [Nardia], with a vascular species cortège rich in arctoalpine species, characteristic of the higher altitudes of the Alpine system, of neighbouring high ranges and of northern mountains, descending locally to lower altitudes, in particular, in Hercynian regions and in northern Europe.
Notation D2.2C14
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
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