Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens

English name: White cotton grass fens

Description (English)

Swards of Eriophorum scheuchzeri of Palaearctic boreal fens and of acidic lake shores in the Alps and the eastern Carpathians.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code D2.21

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Eriophorum scheuchzeri
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Eriophorum scheuchzeri Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 54.41 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens source
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 3.3.2.4 Arctic Cotton grass-Arctic Hare's foot sedge type n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 2.2.2 Parvocariçaie acidophile wider
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D2.21 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D2.21 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D2.21 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D2.21 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 D2.21 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 D2.21 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 54.41 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 54.41 Eriophorum scheuchzeri fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 54.41   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 54.41   same
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