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Concept: Sedge and cottongrass boreoalpine [Sphagnum lindbergii] mires in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D2.2931 |
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| Preferred label | Sedge and cottongrass boreoalpine [Sphagnum lindbergii] mires |
| Definition | Mire communities of boreal regions of the Palaearctic domaine, in particular of the subalpine and lower alpine levels of Fennoscandian mountains, with a sphagnum ground layer dominated by [Sphagnum lindbergii] and/or [Sphagnum majus] with a field layer dominated by any of several Cyperaceae, [Carex lasiocarpa], [Carex limosa], [Carex pauciflora], [Carex rariflora], [Carex rostrata], [Carex rotundata], [Carex magellanica] or [Eriophorum angustifolium], occupying sites in slightly inclined or flat fens with nutrient deficient, low pH stagnant waters. Vascular accompanying species may include [Andromeda polifolia], [Rubus chamaemorus], [Carex aquatilis]; the bryophyte cortège includes [Caliergon stramineum], [Drepanocladus exannulatus], [Gymnocolea inflata], [Sphagnum annulatum], [Sphagnum compactum], [Sphagnum cuspidatum], [Sphagnum magellanicum], [Sphagnum papillosum], [Sphagnum riparium], [Sphagnum tenellum]. |
| Notation | D2.2931 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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