Sedge and cottongrass boreoalpine Sphagnum lindbergii mires

Description (English)

Mire communities of boreal regions of the Palaearctic domaine, in particular of the subalpine and lower alpine levels of Fennoscandian mountains, with a sphagnum ground layer dominated by Sphagnum lindbergii and/or Sphagnum majus with a field layer dominated by any of several Cyperaceae, Carex lasiocarpa, Carex limosa, Carex pauciflora, Carex rariflora, Carex rostrata, Carex rotundata, Carex magellanica or Eriophorum angustifolium, occupying sites in slightly inclined or flat fens with nutrient deficient, low pH stagnant waters. Vascular accompanying species may include Andromeda polifolia, Rubus chamaemorus, Carex aquatilis; the bryophyte cortège includes Caliergon stramineum, Drepanocladus exannulatus, Gymnocolea inflata, Sphagnum annulatum, Sphagnum compactum, Sphagnum cuspidatum, Sphagnum magellanicum, Sphagnum papillosum, Sphagnum riparium, Sphagnum tenellum.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification