Scirpus hudsonianus (Trichophorum alpinum) alkaline fens
Description (English)
Meso-eutrophic fen communities dominated by Scirpus hudsonianus (Trichophorum alpinum), with Drepanocladus revolvens, Scorpidium spp., Chrysohypnum stellatum, recorded from Scandinavia, from Germano-Baltic moraine land, from the subalpine and alpine levels of the Alps and the greater Hercynian ranges. They may constitute a Scirpus hudsonianus facies of the yellow-dioecious sedge fens of unit D4.153.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code D4.1D |
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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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Trichophorum alpinum | Flowering Plants | |
Drepanocladus revolvens | Mosses & Liverworts |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 54.2D | Alpine deer-sedge alkaline 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 | D4.1D | Scirpus hudsonianus (Trichophorum alpinum) alkaline fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D4.1D | Scirpus hudsonianus (Trichophorum alpinum) alkaline fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D4.1D | Scirpus hudsonianus (Trichophorum alpinum) alkaline fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D4.1D | Scirpus hudsonianus (Trichophorum alpinum) alkaline fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D4.1D | Scirpus hudsonianus (Trichophorum alpinum) alkaline fens | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D4.1D | Alpine deer-sedge alkaline fens | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 54.2D | Alpine deer-sedge alkaline fens | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 54.2D | Alpine deer-sedge alkaline fens | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 54.2D | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 54.2D | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 54.2D | same |