Concept: Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D4
Preferred label Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires
Definition Peatlands, flushes and vegetated springs with calcareous or eutrophic ground water, within river valleys, alluvial plains, or on hillsides. As in poor fens, the water level is at or near the surface of the substratum and peat formation depends on a permanently high watertable. Excluded are reedbeds (C3, D5).
Notation D4
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader
Has narrower
Has exact match