Boreal marsh-fens

English name: Boreal marsh-fens

Description (English)

Sedge or grass formations of arctic, subarctic, arctoalpine and boreoalpine regions of the Palaearctic, often almost monospecific, often with an insignificant bryophyte component, sometimes with substantial Calliergon, Bryum or Philonotis moss cover, occupying fine-grained, often sandy, long-submerged but well aerated, alluvial deposits in the inundation zone of rivers, brooks, lakes or deltas, relatively nutrient-rich, in part through the contribution of regular flooding, and with a variable lime content.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code D4.26
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (D4.2)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 54.7 Boreal marsh-fens source
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D4.26 Boreal marsh-fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D4.26 Boreal marsh-fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D4.26 Boreal marsh-fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D4.26 Boreal marsh-fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 D5.4 Boreal marsh-fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 D5.5 Boreal marsh-fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 54.7 Boreal marsh-fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 54.7 Boreal marsh-fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 54.7   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 54.7   same
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