EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > D - Mires, bogs and fens > D5 - Sedge and reedbeds, normally without free-standing water > D5.2 - Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water

Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water

English name: Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water

Description (English)

Terrestrialized stands of tall Carex, Cladium and Cyperus, usually species-poor and often dominated by one species, growing on waterlogged ground. These species also grow as emergents and fringing vegetation beside water bodies (C3.2).

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code D5.2
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

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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
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	Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae	7210	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Magno-Caricion gracilis Géhu 1961	Sedge bed marsh vegetation on eutrophic clayey sediments of riverine habitats of temperate Europe	Caricion elatae Koch 1926 corr. Trinajstic 2008 p.p.; Caricion elatae (Koch 1926) Rivas-Mart. 1973 p.p.; Caricion gracilis-vulpinae Bal.-Tul. 1965; Magnocaricion gracilis Géhu 1961	Schaminee et al, 2012
Caricion broterianae (Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986) J.A. Molina 1996	Iberio-Atlantic sedge beds along freshwater fast flowing streams	Caricion reuterianae (Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986) J.A. Molina 1996 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Carici-Rumicion hydrolapathi Passarge 1964	Herbland vegetation of unstabilized organic substrates in mesotrophic waters of boreal and temperate Eurasia	Cicution virosae Hejný 1960; Cicution virosae Hejný ex Succow 1974; Oenanthion aquaticae Hejný ex Balátová-Tuláckova et al. 1993; Oenanthion aquaticae Neuhäusl 1959; Cicution virosae Hejný ex Segal in Westhoff et Den Held 1969	Schaminee et al, 2012
Magno-Caricion elatae Koch 1926	Sedge bed marsh vegetation on oligotrophic to mesotrophic organic sediments of temperate Europe	Caricion elatae Koch 1926 corr. Trinajstic 2008 p.p.; Acrocladio-Caricion Succow 1974; Caricion acutae Neuhäusl 1959 nom. mut. propos.; Caricion elatae (Koch 1926) Rivas-Mart. 1973 p.p.; Caricion gracilis Neuhäusl 1959; Caricion rostratae Bal.-Tul. 1963; Caricion rostratae Neuhäusl 1959; Magnocaricion Br.-Bl. 1931; Scrophulario umbrosae-Caricion paniculatae Koska in Dengler et al. 2004; Assoziationsverband Magnocaricion elatae Koch 1926 (orig. form); Scorpidio scorpidioidis-Cladion marisci Succow 1974	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	53.3	Fen-sedge beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	53.2	Large sedge communities	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	4.1.1.	Inland marshes	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	F1	Swamp	wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	2.2.1	Magnocariçaie	same
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	2.2.1.2	Formation à marisque	narrower
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	8B20000	Vysokosteblové ostricové porasty	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	D5.2	Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	D5.2	Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	D5.2	Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	D5.2	Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	D5.2	Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	53.2	Large sedge communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	53.3	Fen-sedge beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	53.3	Fen-sedge beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	53.2	Large sedge communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	53.2		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	53.3		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	53.2		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	53.3		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	53.3		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	53.2		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	53.3		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	53.2		narrower

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