Schoenus nigricans fens

English name: Black bogrush fens

Description (English)

Schoenus nigricans-dominated or -rich communities of rich fens of nemoral, Pannonic and Pontic Europe, of wide distribution, though less common in Alpine and peri-Alpine regions than the next unit, and confined to lower altitudes. Rushes, Juncus subnodulosus in British and western continental inland fens, Juncus balticus in dune-slack fens, are often abundant. Other accompanying species include Carex lepidocarpa, Carex hostiana, Carex panicea, Carex pulicaris, Eriophorum latifolium, Molinia caerulea, Dactylorhiza incarnata, Dactylorhiza praetermissa, Dactylorhiza purpurella, Dactylorhiza traunsteineri, Dactylorhiza traunsteinerioides, Epipactis palustris, Parnassia palustris, Pinguicula vulgaris, brown mosses and, locally, Pinguicula lusitanica and Drosera anglica. These communities have enormously regressed, particularly in northern and northwestern continental Europe, and are extinct in many regions.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code D4.11
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (D4.1)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carex hostiana
Flowering Plants Carex lepidocarpa
Flowering Plants Carex panicea
Flowering Plants Carex pulicaris
Flowering Plants Dactylorhiza incarnata
Flowering Plants Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Flowering Plants Dactylorhiza purpurella
Flowering Plants Dactylorhiza traunsteineri
Flowering Plants Drosera anglica
Flowering Plants Epipactis palustris
Flowering Plants Eriophorum latifolium
Flowering Plants Juncus balticus
Flowering Plants Juncus subnodulosus
Flowering Plants Molinia caerulea
Flowering Plants Parnassia palustris
Flowering Plants Pinguicula lusitanica
Flowering Plants Pinguicula vulgaris
Flowering Plants Schoenus nigricans
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carex hostiana Flowering Plants
Carex lepidocarpa Flowering Plants
Carex panicea Flowering Plants
Carex pulicaris Flowering Plants
Dactylorhiza incarnata Flowering Plants
Dactylorhiza praetermissa Flowering Plants
Dactylorhiza purpurella Flowering Plants
Dactylorhiza traunsteineri Flowering Plants
Drosera anglica Flowering Plants
Epipactis palustris Flowering Plants
Eriophorum latifolium Flowering Plants
Juncus balticus Flowering Plants
Juncus subnodulosus Flowering Plants
Molinia caerulea Flowering Plants
Parnassia palustris Flowering Plants
Pinguicula lusitanica Flowering Plants
Pinguicula vulgaris Flowering Plants
Schoenus nigricans Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 54.21 Black bogrush fens source
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) M13 Schoenus nigricans-Juncus subnodulosus mire narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 2.2.3 Parvocariçaie neutro-basophile wider
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D4.11 Schoenus nigricans fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D4.11 Schoenus nigricans fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D4.11 Schoenus nigricans fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D4.11 Schoenus nigricans fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 D4.11 Schoenus nigricans fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 D4.11 Black bogrush fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 54.21 Black bogrush fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 54.21 Black bogrush fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 54.21   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 54.21   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 54.21   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 54.21   same
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