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[Carex diandra] quaking mires

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English name	Lesser tussock sedge ([Carex diandra]) quaking mires

English name

Lesser tussock sedge ([Carex diandra]) quaking mires

EUNIS habitat type code	D2.32	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Transition mire communities of boreal and western nemoral regions of the Palaearctic domaine dominated by [Carex diandra] in association with [Carex lasiocarpa], [Carex appropinquata], [Carex limosa], [Carex lepidocarpa], [Eriophorum gracile], [Eriophorum angustifolium], [Menyanthes trifoliata], [Comarum palustre], [Hydrocotyle vulgaris], [Pedicularis palustris] and an abundance of bryophytes, including the pleurocarps [Campylium stellatum], [Drepanocladus intermedius] and the liverwort [Riccardia pinguis], usually forming open swards. These mires are an important habitat for the threatened [Liparis loeselii].

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	D2.32	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	D2.32	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	D2.32	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	D2.32	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	D2.32	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	D3.12	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	54.52	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	54.52	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	54.52	[Carex diandra] quaking mires	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	54.52		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	54.52		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	54.52		same
CORINE Land Cover	4.1.1.	Inland marshes	n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	2.2.4.1	Cariçaie de transition dystrophe	wider
	D	Mires, bogs and fens	Ancestor
	D2	Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires	Ancestor
	D2.3	Transition mires and quaking bogs	Parent

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