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Concept: Subcontinental [Carex davalliana] fens in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D4.13 |
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| Preferred label | Subcontinental [Carex davalliana] fens |
| Definition | Diverse, often extensive, calcareous fen communities of Central Europe, with [Carex davalliana], [Carex hostiana], [Carex lepidocarpa], [Carex capillaris], [Carex panicea], [Carex nigra], [Carex demissa], [Carex flava], [Carex pulicaris], [Eriophorum latifolium], [Blysmus compressus], [Schoenus ferrugineus], [Eleocharis quinqueflora], [Juncus articulatus], [Juncus subnodulosus], [Scirpus cespitosus], [Molinia caerulea], [Tofieldia calyculata], [Allium schoenoprasum], [Potentilla erecta], [Swertia perennis], [Primula farinosa], [Parnassia palustris], [Pinguicula vulgaris] and a moss layer often dominated by brown mosses. They have their greatest species diversity in Alpine and peri-Alpine regions, and are represented by impoverished outlyers north to the middle European Hercynian system. Small sedges are usually abundant and dominance may be mixed or achieved by species of genus [Carex], in particular, [Carex davalliana], by [Eriophorum latifolium] or by [Scirpus cespitosus]. Vegetation of alliances [Caricion davallianae] and [Sphagno warnstorfiani-Tomenthypnion]. |
| Notation | D4.13 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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