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Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora

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English name Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   D4.2 Level   3
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Rare Alpine, peri-Alpine, northern British and periarctic pioneer communities colonizing gravelly, sandy, stony, sometimes somewhat argilous or peaty, calcareous sedimentary substrates soaked by cold water, in moraines and on the edge of springs, rivulets, glacial torrents of the alpine or subalpine levels, or on alluvial sands of pure, cold, slow-flowing rivers and calm backwaters. The highly characteristic constituents, with a boreoarctic or glacial relict distribution, are [Carex bicolor], [Carex microglochin], [Carex maritima], [Carex atrofusca], [Carex vaginata], [Kobresia simpliciuscula], [Scirpus pumilus], [Juncus arcticus], [Juncus alpinoarticulatus], [Juncus castaneus], [Juncus triglumis], [Typha minima], [Typha lugdunensis], [Typha shuttleworthii], [Tofieldia pusilla]; they are often accompanied by [Carex davalliana], [Carex dioica], [Carex capillaris], [Carex panicea], [Carex nigra], [Blysmus compressus], [Eleocharis quinqueflora], [Scirpus cespitosus], [Primula farinosa], [Equisetum variegatum], [Drepanocladus intermedius], [Campylium stellatum].

Source

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

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Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D4.2 Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D4.2 Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D4.2 Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D4.2 Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 D4.2 Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 D4.2 Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 54.3 Arctoalpine riverine swards same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 54.3 Arctoalpine riverine swards same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 54.3 Arctoalpine riverine swards same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 54.3   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 54.3   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 54.3   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 54.3   same
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 E22 Flush and spring: basic overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 2.2.5 Groupement pionnier des bords de torrents alpins same
  D Mires, bogs and fens Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  D4 Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Parent
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