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Concept: Peri-Alpine Davall sedge fens in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D4.131
Preferred label Peri-Alpine Davall sedge fens
Definition Species-rich calcareous fens of the Alps, the Alpine piedmonts and peripheral plateaux, the Swiss plateau, the French, Swiss, Swabian, Franconian Jura and their periphery, often with a mixed dominance, usually with a particular prominence of [Carex davalliana], [Carex panicea], [Carex hostiana], [Carex nigra], [Carex flacca] or [Eriophorum latifolium], sometimes of [Carex microglochin], and with [Carex lepidocarpa], [Carex capillaris], [Carex nigra], [Carex demissa], [Carex flava], [Carex pulicaris], [Blysmus compressus], [Schoenus ferrugineus], [Eleocharis quinqueflora], [Juncus articulatus], [Scirpus cespitosus], [Molinia caerulea], [Tofieldia calyculata], [Allium schoenoprasum], [Potentilla erecta], [Swertia perennis], [Primula farinosa], [Parnassia palustris], [Pinguicula vulgaris] and a moss layer formed by [Drepanocladus intermedius], [Cratoneuron glaucum], [Campylium stellatum]. These extremely species-rich communities are still represented by a few large, very well preserved examples on the Bavarian plateau. These are a refuge for many rare species, including the relict, threatened [Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum] and the orchids [Dactylorhiza traunsteineri], [Dactylorhiza ochroleuca], [Dactylorhiza incarnata], [Herminium monorchis], [Epipactis palustris]. Elsewhere in their range, the Davall sedge fens have undergone a drastic reduction, leading to extinction in many areas.
Notation D4.131
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
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