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Concept: Boreal meadow springs in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D2.2C16 |
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| Preferred label | Boreal meadow springs |
| Definition | Bryophyte-rich communities of lime-poor cold springs of the subalpine and alpine zones of boreoalpine and arctoalpine mountains of Fennoscandia and of Iceland, characterized by a greater abundance of tall herbs than in the communities of units 54.1112 to 54.1115, in particular, of units 54.1112 and 54.1113, to which they are closely related, with a resulting lesser prominence of the moss carpet, dominated by [Pohlia wahlenbergii ssp. glacialis] ([Pohlia albicans f. glacialis]) or [Philonotis fontana]. The communities of this unit may grade into [Potentilla crantzii]-[Bistorta vivipara] communities of unit 36.12361 and moist [Dryas] heaths of unit 31.49323. |
| Notation | D2.2C16 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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