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Balkanic quaking bogs

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English name	Balkanic quaking bogs

English name

Balkanic quaking bogs

EUNIS habitat type code	D2.3I	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Dense, low formations, typified by an abundant turf layer of [Sphagnum contortum], [Sphagnum flexuosum], [Sphagnum subsecundum], [Sphagnum acutifolium], [Sphagnum squarrosum] and the presence of [Drosera rotundifolia], [Pinguicula balcanica] or [Equisetum fluviatile]. Other important elements of this habitat are mosses [Aulacomnium palustre], [Scorpidium vernicosum], [Philonotis fontana] and vascular plants [Carex echinata], [Carex curta], [Parnassia palustris], [Potentilla erecta], [Eriophorum angustifolium].

Source

ILE SAS (2007)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
CORINE Land Cover	4.1.1.	Inland marshes	n/a
	D	Mires, bogs and fens	Ancestor
	D2	Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires	Ancestor
	D2.3	Transition mires and quaking bogs	Parent

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