EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > Q - Wetlands > Q2 - Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires > Q22 - Poor fen > Q222 - Carex nigra, Carex canescens, Carex echinata fens > Q2226 - Peri-Danubian black-white-star sedge fens

Peri-Danubian black-white-star sedge fens

Description (English)

Acidic fens of the mountains and hills forming the basin of the middle and lower Danube system, and of adjacent regions, in particular of the Carpathians, the Dinarides, the mountains of the southeastern Balkan peninsula, the Moravian hills, with an herbaceous sward formed by Carex echinata, Carex canescens, Carex dacica (Carex nigra ssp. dacica) or Carex rostrata and sometimes Juncus effusus, Juncus acutiflorus or Nardus stricta.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code Q2226
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

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
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Peri-Danubian black-white-star sedge fens	D2.226	Same	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carex rostrata

Flowering Plants Juncus acutiflorus

Flowering Plants Juncus effusus

Flowering Plants Nardus stricta

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Carex rostrata		Flowering Plants
Juncus acutiflorus		Flowering Plants
Juncus effusus		Flowering Plants
Nardus stricta		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	D2.226	Peri-Danubian black-white-star sedge fens	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type	Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	D2.226	Peri-Danubian black-white-star sedge fens	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	D2.226	Peri-Danubian black-white-star sedge fens	same

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