Carex chordorrhiza swards
Description (English)
Transition mire communities of the Palaearctic domaine dominated by Carex chordorrhiza, forming short to medium-tall, usually inundated, swards, predominantly boreal, distributed in Fennoscandia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Siberia and, very locally, in Scotland, with a disjunct area of occurrence in Central Europe, in pre-Alpine, eastern Hercynian and eastern Carpathian regions.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code D2.35 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (D2.3) |
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 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | 7140 | 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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Carex chordorrhiza | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 54.55 | String sedge swards | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 4.1.1. | Inland marshes | n/a |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 3.4.3.1 | Sedge-Brown moss type | n/a |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 2.2.4.1 | Cariçaie de transition dystrophe | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D3.15 | String sedge swards | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 54.55 | String sedge swards | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 54.55 | String sedge swards | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 54.55 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 54.55 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 54.55 | same |