Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens
Description (English)
Diverse, often extensive, calcareous fen communities of Central Europe, with Carex davalliana, Carex hostiana, Carex lepidocarpa, Carex capillaris, Carex panicea, Carex nigra, Carex demissa, Carex flava, Carex pulicaris, Eriophorum latifolium, Blysmus compressus, Schoenus ferrugineus, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Juncus articulatus, Juncus subnodulosus, Scirpus cespitosus, Molinia caerulea, Tofieldia calyculata, Allium schoenoprasum, Potentilla erecta, Swertia perennis, Primula farinosa, Parnassia palustris, Pinguicula vulgaris and a moss layer often dominated by brown mosses. They have their greatest species diversity in Alpine and peri-Alpine regions, and are represented by impoverished outlyers north to the middle European Hercynian system. Small sedges are usually abundant and dominance may be mixed or achieved by species of genus Carex, in particular, Carex davalliana, by Eriophorum latifolium or by Scirpus cespitosus. Vegetation of alliances Caricion davallianae and Sphagno warnstorfiani-Tomenthypnion.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code D4.13 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (D4.1) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Alkaline fens | 7230 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Allium schoenoprasum | Flowering Plants | |
Blysmus compressus | Flowering Plants | |
Carex capillaris | Flowering Plants | |
Carex davalliana | Flowering Plants | |
Carex demissa | Flowering Plants | |
Carex flava | Flowering Plants | |
Carex hostiana | Flowering Plants | |
Carex lepidocarpa | Flowering Plants | |
Carex nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Carex panicea | Flowering Plants | |
Carex pulicaris | Flowering Plants | |
Eleocharis quinqueflora | Flowering Plants | |
Eriophorum latifolium | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus articulatus | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus subnodulosus | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants | |
Parnassia palustris | Flowering Plants | |
Pinguicula vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla erecta | Flowering Plants | |
Primula farinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Schoenus ferrugineus | Flowering Plants | |
Scirpus cespitosus | Flowering Plants | |
Swertia perennis | Flowering Plants | |
Tofieldia calyculata | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 54.23 | Subcontinental Davall sedge fens | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 4.1.1. | Inland marshes | n/a |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 2.2.3 | Parvocariçaie neutro-basophile | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D4.13 | Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D4.13 | Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D4.13 | Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D4.13 | Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D4.13 | Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D4.13 | Subcontinental Davall sedge fens | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 54.23 | Subcontinental Davall sedge fens | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 54.23 | Subcontinental Davall sedge fens | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 54.23 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 54.23 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 54.23 | same |