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Concept: Sub-Atlantic black-white-star sedge fens in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D2.222
Preferred label Sub-Atlantic black-white-star sedge fens
Definition Acidic fen communities of lowland, collinar and montane areas of western and northern Central Europe, excluding the British Isles and the Iberian peninsula, extending eastward in the Baltic plain to Lithuania. [Carex nigra], [Carex canescens] and [Carex echinata] are always represented, often accompanied by dispersed [Carex rostrata]. Rushes, [Juncus filiformis], [Juncus articulatus], [Juncus acutiflorus], [Juncus effusus], may be numerous, often marking the transition towards humid grasslands of the [Molinietalia], the moss layer is formed by [Sphagnum apiculatum], [Sphagnum cuspidatum], [Sphagnum recurvum] and [Polytrichum commune] in the more oligotrophic, acidic sites, by brown mosses [Drepanocladus fluitans], [Calliergon stramineum], [Calliergon cuspidatum], in more mesotrophic situations. Other characteristic species include [Eriophorum angustifolium], [Eriophorum vaginatum], [Agrostis canina], [Molinia caerulea], [Pedicularis palustris], [Viola palustris], [Parnassia palustris], [Comarum palustre], [Drosera rotundifolia], [Menyanthes trifoliata], [Ranunculus flammula] and [Willemetia stipitata]. Included in this unit are the extensive peatlands of Hercynian valley fens, often invaded by rushes, and with characters both of the transition mires and of the humid grasslands.
Notation D2.222
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
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