Concept: Icelandic [Carex bigelowii] fens in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D4.1J
Preferred label	Icelandic [Carex bigelowii] fens
Definition	Rich fen [Carex bigelowii]-dominated communities of the lower alpine level of Iceland, descending, in the north, into the lowlands, occupying level substrates subjected to water movement and fluctuating moisture, with a consequently variable vegetation; mosses play a major role. The species cortège may include [Carex capillaris], [Carex dioica], [Carex nigra], [Carex rariflora], [Eriophorum angustifolium], [Calamagrostis stricta], [Festuca rubra] s.l., [Phleum alpinum], [Polygonum vivipara], [Saxifraga hirculus], [Salix callicarpaea] ([Salix arctica]), [Salix herbacea], [Vaccinium uliginosum], [Thalictrum alpinum], [Equisetum palustre], [Equisetum arvense], [Equisetum variegatum].
Notation	D4.1J
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	D4.1 (Rich fens, including eutrophic tall-herb fens and calcareous flushes and soaks) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1427