EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > Q - Wetlands > Q2 - Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires > Q22 - Poor fen > Q226 - Boreal acidic Sphagnum fens > Q2263 - Boreoalpine Sphagnum lindbergii mires

Boreoalpine Sphagnum lindbergii mires

Description (English)

Mire communities of boreal regions of the Palaearctic domaine with a sphagnum ground layer dominated by Sphagnum lindbergii and a field layer dominated by sedges of Carex spp., Scirpus cespitosus or Eriophorum spp.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code Q2263

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Scirpus cespitosus
Mosses & Liverworts Sphagnum lindbergii
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Scirpus cespitosus Flowering Plants
Sphagnum lindbergii Mosses & Liverworts

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) D2.293 Boreoalpine Sphagnum lindbergii mires same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D2.293 Boreoalpine Sphagnum lindbergii mires same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D2.293 Boreoalpine Sphagnum lindbergii mires same
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