Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora
Description (English)
Rare Alpine, peri-Alpine, northern British and periarctic pioneer communities colonizing gravelly, sandy, stony, sometimes somewhat argilous or peaty, calcareous sedimentary substrates soaked by cold water, in moraines and on the edge of springs, rivulets, glacial torrents of the alpine or subalpine levels, or on alluvial sands of pure, cold, slow-flowing rivers and calm backwaters. The highly characteristic constituents, with a boreoarctic or glacial relict distribution, are Carex bicolor, Carex microglochin, Carex maritima, Carex atrofusca, Carex vaginata, Kobresia simpliciuscula, Scirpus pumilus, Juncus arcticus, Juncus alpinoarticulatus, Juncus castaneus, Juncus triglumis, Typha minima, Typha lugdunensis, Typha shuttleworthii, Tofieldia pusilla; they are often accompanied by Carex davalliana, Carex dioica, Carex capillaris, Carex panicea, Carex nigra, Blysmus compressus, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Scirpus cespitosus, Primula farinosa, Equisetum variegatum, Drepanocladus intermedius, Campylium stellatum.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code D4.2 |
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Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Alpine pioneer formations of the Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae | 7240 | Wider | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Name | Definition | Alternatives | Reftext |
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Caricion davallianae Klika 1934 | Small-sedge rich-fen vegetation of calcareous oligotrophic flushes, soligenous mires and dune slacks at low altitudes of Europe | Hydrocotylo vulgaris-Schoenion nigricantis de Foucault 1984; Caricion maritimae Br.-Bl. in Volk 1940 nom. mut. propos.; Baeothryion alpini Julve 1993; Caricion incurvae Br.-Bl. in Volk 1940; Caricion paradoxae Vicherek 1958; Caricion pulchello-trinervis de Foucault 1984; Eleocharition pauciflorae Passarge 1964; Eleocharition quinqueflorae Passarge 1968 or 1978; Eriophorion latifolii Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943; Eriophorion latifolii Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Soó 1947; Caricion viridulae ssp. viridulae var. pulchello-trinervis (de Foucault 1984) Julve 1989; Schoenion continentale Pignatti 1953; Schoenion ferruginei Nordhagen 1936; Schoenion ferruginei Nordhagen 1937; Scorpidion Du Rietz 1949; Hydrocotylo vulgaris-Schoenion nigricantis de Foucault 2009; Epipactido-Schoenion ferruginei (Klika 1934) Duvigneaud 1949; Caricion pulchello-trinervis de Foucault ex Julve 1989 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Caricion atrofusco-saxatilis Nordhagen 1943 | Small-sedge calcareous fens of Alps and European Arctic | Caricion atrofuscae Nordhagen 1935; Caricion bicoloris Nordhagen 1935; Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae Nordhagen 1936 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Equisetum variegatum | Ferns | |
Blysmus compressus | Flowering Plants | |
Carex atrofusca | Flowering Plants | |
Carex bicolor | Flowering Plants | |
Carex capillaris | Flowering Plants | |
Carex davalliana | Flowering Plants | |
Carex dioica | Flowering Plants | |
Carex maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Carex microglochin | Flowering Plants | |
Carex nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Carex panicea | Flowering Plants | |
Carex vaginata | Flowering Plants | |
Eleocharis quinqueflora | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus alpinoarticulatus | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus arcticus | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus castaneus | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus triglumis | Flowering Plants | |
Kobresia simpliciuscula | Flowering Plants | |
Primula farinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Scirpus cespitosus | Flowering Plants | |
Scirpus pumilus | Flowering Plants | |
Tofieldia pusilla | Flowering Plants | |
Typha lugdunensis | Flowering Plants | |
Typha minima | Flowering Plants | |
Typha shuttleworthii | Flowering Plants | |
Campylium stellatum | Mosses & Liverworts |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 54.3 | Arctoalpine riverine swards | same |
CORINE Land Cover | 4.1.1. | Inland marshes | n/a |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | E22 | Flush and spring: basic | overlap |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 2.2.5 | Groupement pionnier des bords de torrents alpins | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D4.2 | Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D4.2 | Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D4.2 | Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D4.2 | Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D4.2 | Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D4.2 | Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 54.3 | Arctoalpine riverine swards | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 54.3 | Arctoalpine riverine swards | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 54.3 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 54.3 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 54.3 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 54.3 | same |