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Concept: Hard water spring mires in the eunishabitats vocabulary
| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/D4.1N |
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| Preferred label | Hard water spring mires |
| Definition | Spring mires of calcareous, often petrifying, springs. Their specialised communities, usually dominated by bryophytes, belong to the [Cratoneurion commutati]. Characteristic species are the mosses [Cratoneuron filicinum], [Cratoneuron commutatum], [Cratoneuron commutatum var. falcatum], [Catoscopium nigritum], [Eucladium verticillatum], [Gymnostomum recurvirostrae], with [Equisetum telmateia], [Equisetum variegatum] and flowering plants including [Cochlearia pyrenaica], [Arabis soyeri], [Pinguicula vulgaris], [Saxifraga aizoides]. The associated swamp communities belong to the [Caricetalia davallianae], see units D4.13-D4.15. Large petrifying springs form tufa cones that constitute singular habitats with several interacting plant and animal communities, which are described as subunits. |
| Notation | D4.1N |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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