Carex chordorrhiza swards
Description (English)
Transition mire communities of the Palaearctic domaine dominated by Carex chordorrhiza, forming short to medium-tall, usually inundated, swards, predominantly boreal, distributed in Fennoscandia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Siberia and, very locally, in Scotland, with a disjunct area of occurrence in Central Europe, in pre-Alpine, eastern Hercynian and eastern Carpathian regions.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code Q255 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Carex chordorrhiza
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Carex chordorrhiza | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D2.35 | Carex chordorrhiza swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D3.15 | String sedge swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 54.55 | String sedge swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 54.55 | String sedge swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 54.55 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 54.55 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 54.55 | same |
