Transition mires and quaking bogs
Description (English)
Incompletely terrestrialized wetlands occupied by peat-forming vegetation with acid groundwater or (for vegetation rafts) acid underlying pool or lake water. Characteristic species are Calla palustris, Carex chordorrhiza, Carex diandra, Carex heleonastes, Carex lasiocarpa, Carex limosa, Carex rostrata, Menyanthes trifoliata, Potentilla palustris, Rhynchospora alba, Scheuchzeria palustris. Included are rafts of Sphagnum and Eriophorum (D2.38) and quaking rafts of Molinia caerulea (D2.3D). Excluded are stands of vegetation fringing water bodies (C3.2) unless the vegetation raft is sufficiently extensive to count as a habitat in its own right.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code D2.3 |
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Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
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Sphagno-Caricion canescentis Passarge (1964) 1978 | Vegetation of most acidic, lime-poor minerotropic transitional mires of Europe | Sphagnion aniblyphylli Segal 1968; Sphagnion palustris Segal 1966; Sphagnion recurvi Succow 1974; Sphagnion teres (Segal 1968) Succow 1974; Subsecundo-Apiculation Du Rietz 1954 (orig. form) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Caricion lasiocarpae Vanden Berghen in Lebrun et al. 1949 | Mesotrophic sedge fens of wet sites on peat and mineral soils of Europe | Acrocladio-Caricion Succow 1974; Caricion diandrae Palczynski 1975; Eriophorion gracilis Preising in Oberd. 1957; Junco acutiflori-Caricion lasiocarpae Julve 1993; Junco subnodulosi-Caricion lasiocarpae Julve 1993; Stygio-Caricion limosae Nordhagen 1943 p.p.; Caricion chordorrhizo-lasiocarpae (Vanden Berghen in Lebrun et al. 1949) Julve 1993; Meeseo-Caricion limosae (Preising in Oberd. 1957) Passarge 1978; Carici lasiocarpae-Eriophorion vaginati Voroiov et al. 1997 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Sphagnion cuspidati Krajina 1934 | Vegetation of stagnant, acid, dystrophic waters in pools of bogs on deep peats of Europe | Caricion rotundatae Kalliola 1939; Droserion intermediae Succow 1974; Molinio caeruleae-Rhynchosporion albae (Koch 1926) de Foucault 1984; Leuko-Scheuchzerion palustris Nordhagen 1943; Rhynchosporion albae sensu auct., non Koch 1926; Scheuchzerio-Rhynchosporion albae Duvigneaud 1949; Scheuchzerion palustris Nordhagen 1936; Scheuchzerion palustris Nordhagen 1937; Scheuchzerion palustris Nordhagen ex Tx. 1937; Sphagnion cuspidati Krajina 1933; Stygio-Caricion limosae Nordhagen 1943; Scheuchzerio-Rhynchosporion albae (Koch 1926) Succow 1974 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Caricion fuscae Koch 1926 | Fen meadows with dominating sedges and forbs on non-calcareous soils of temperate Europe and high-altitudes of Mediterranean | Caricion canescenti-fuscae Nordhagen 1936 nom. mut. propos.; Agrostio caninae-Caricion curtae Julve 1993; Anagallido tenellae-Juncion bulbosi Br.-Bl. 1967; Calamagrostion neglectae Palczynski 1975; Carici-Nardion V. Randelovic 1998; Carici-Narthecion scardici Horvat 1936; Caricion canescenti-fuscae Nordhagen ex Tx. 1937; Caricion canescenti-goodenowii Nordhagen 1936; Caricion canescenti-goodenowii Nordhagen 1937; Caricion nigrae Koch 1926 nom. mut. propos.; Comaro palustris-Juncion effusi Passarge 1999; Drepanocladion exannulati Krajina 1933; Drepanocladion exannulati Krajina 1934; Eriophorion scheuchzeri Hadac 1939; Narthecion scardici Horvat 1936; Narthecion scardici Horvat 1960; Narthecion scardici Horvat ex Lakušic 1968; Narthecion scardici Horvat ex Lakušic 1970; Ranunculo-Caricion fuscae Passarge 1978; Rhynchosporion albae Koch 1926 nom. dubium propos.; Sphagnion teretis Succow 1974; Caricion canescenti-nigrae Nordhagen ex Tx. 1937 nom. mut. propos.; Anagallido tenellae-Juncion acutiflori Br.-Bl. 1967 nom. corr. propos.; Caricion curto-nigrae (Koch 1926) Westhoff et Den Held 1969; Parvocaricion canescentis-fuscae Duvigneaud et Vanden Berghen 1945; Caricion canescenti-nigrae Nordhagen 1936 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Calla palustris | Flowering Plants | |
Carex chordorrhiza | Flowering Plants | |
Carex diandra | Flowering Plants | |
Carex heleonastes | Flowering Plants | |
Carex lasiocarpa | Flowering Plants | |
Carex limosa | Flowering Plants | |
Carex rostrata | Flowering Plants | |
Menyanthes trifoliata | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla palustris | Flowering Plants | |
Rhynchospora alba | Flowering Plants | |
Scheuchzeria palustris | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 54.5 | Transition mires | narrower |
CORINE Land Cover | 4.1.1. | Inland marshes | n/a |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | E33B | Fen: flood plain, basic | not defined |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | E32 | Fen: basin mire | overlap |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | E33 | Fen: flood plain | not defined |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | E4 | Bare peat | narrower |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | E32B | Fen: basin mire, basic | overlap |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 2.2.4 | Cariçaie de transition | narrower |
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 | R2.2 | NEVÁPNITÁ MECHOVÁ SLATINIŠTĚ (Acidic moss-rich fens) | wider |
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 | R2.3 | PŘECHODOVÁ RAŠELINIŠTĚ (Transitional mires) | wider |
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 8263000 | Prechodné rašeliniská | n/a |
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 8263200 | Prechodné rašeliniská oligotrofných ekotopov | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D2.3 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D2.3 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D2.3 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D2.3 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D2.3 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D3.1 | Transition mires | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 54.5 | Transition mires | narrower |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 54.5 | Transition mires | narrower |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 54.5 | narrower | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 54.5 | narrower | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 54.5 | narrower | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 54.5 | narrower |