Trichophorum cespitosum alkaline fens

English name: Deergrass alkaline fens

Description (English)

Scirpus cespitosus-dominated communities of alkaline fens, mainly characteristic of oceanic to subcontinental parts of the boreal region and of the alpine and subalpine levels of the Alps and the Pyrenees, at altitudes superior to those of the Caricetum davallianae communities of unit D4.13, including their deergrass-rich facies (unit D4.132).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code D4.1E
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 Scirpus cespitosus
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Scirpus cespitosus Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 54.2E Deergrass alkaline fens source
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 3.3.2.3b Species rich Deer grass variant 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 D4.1E Trichophorum cespitosum alkaline fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D4.1E Trichophorum cespitosum alkaline fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D4.1E Trichophorum cespitosum alkaline fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D4.1E Trichophorum cespitosum alkaline fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 D4.1E Trichophorum cespitosum alkaline fens same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 D4.1E Deergrass alkaline fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 54.2E Deergrass alkaline fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 54.2E Deergrass alkaline fens same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 54.2E   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 54.2E   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 54.2E   same
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