Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens

English name: Subcontinental Davall sedge fens

Description (English)

Diverse, often extensive, calcareous fen communities of Central Europe, with Carex davalliana, Carex hostiana, Carex lepidocarpa, Carex capillaris, Carex panicea, Carex nigra, Carex demissa, Carex flava, Carex pulicaris, Eriophorum latifolium, Blysmus compressus, Schoenus ferrugineus, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Juncus articulatus, Juncus subnodulosus, Scirpus cespitosus, Molinia caerulea, Tofieldia calyculata, Allium schoenoprasum, Potentilla erecta, Swertia perennis, Primula farinosa, Parnassia palustris, Pinguicula vulgaris and a moss layer often dominated by brown mosses. They have their greatest species diversity in Alpine and peri-Alpine regions, and are represented by impoverished outlyers north to the middle European Hercynian system. Small sedges are usually abundant and dominance may be mixed or achieved by species of genus Carex, in particular, Carex davalliana, by Eriophorum latifolium or by Scirpus cespitosus. Vegetation of alliances Caricion davallianae and Sphagno warnstorfiani-Tomenthypnion.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code D4.13
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 Allium schoenoprasum
Flowering Plants Blysmus compressus
Flowering Plants Carex capillaris
Flowering Plants Carex davalliana
Flowering Plants Carex demissa
Flowering Plants Carex flava
Flowering Plants Carex hostiana
Flowering Plants Carex lepidocarpa
Flowering Plants Carex nigra
Flowering Plants Carex panicea
Flowering Plants Carex pulicaris
Flowering Plants Eleocharis quinqueflora
Flowering Plants Eriophorum latifolium
Flowering Plants Juncus articulatus
Flowering Plants Juncus subnodulosus
Flowering Plants Molinia caerulea
Flowering Plants Parnassia palustris
Flowering Plants Pinguicula vulgaris
Flowering Plants Potentilla erecta
Flowering Plants Primula farinosa
Flowering Plants Schoenus ferrugineus
Flowering Plants Scirpus cespitosus
Flowering Plants Swertia perennis
Flowering Plants Tofieldia calyculata
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Allium schoenoprasum Flowering Plants
Blysmus compressus Flowering Plants
Carex capillaris Flowering Plants
Carex davalliana Flowering Plants
Carex demissa Flowering Plants
Carex flava Flowering Plants
Carex hostiana Flowering Plants
Carex lepidocarpa Flowering Plants
Carex nigra Flowering Plants
Carex panicea Flowering Plants
Carex pulicaris Flowering Plants
Eleocharis quinqueflora Flowering Plants
Eriophorum latifolium Flowering Plants
Juncus articulatus Flowering Plants
Juncus subnodulosus Flowering Plants
Molinia caerulea Flowering Plants
Parnassia palustris Flowering Plants
Pinguicula vulgaris Flowering Plants
Potentilla erecta Flowering Plants
Primula farinosa Flowering Plants
Schoenus ferrugineus Flowering Plants
Scirpus cespitosus Flowering Plants
Swertia perennis Flowering Plants
Tofieldia calyculata Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 54.23 Subcontinental Davall sedge fens source
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
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 D4.13 Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D4.13 Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D4.13 Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D4.13 Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 D4.13 Subcontinental Carex davalliana fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 D4.13 Subcontinental Davall sedge fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 54.23 Subcontinental Davall sedge fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 54.23 Subcontinental Davall sedge fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 54.23   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 54.23   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 54.23   same
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