Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires
Description (English)
Peatlands, flushes and vegetated springs with calcareous or eutrophic ground water, within river valleys, alluvial plains, or on hillsides. As in poor fens, the water level is at or near the surface of the substratum and peat formation depends on a permanently high water table. Excluded are reedbeds (C3, D5 of EUNIS 2012)
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code Q4 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
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Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | D6 | Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | D4 | Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D6 | Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D4 | Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D6 | Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D4 | Base-rich fens | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D4 | Base-rich fens | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D6 | Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D4 | Base-rich fens | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D6 | Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D6 | Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D4 | Base-rich fens | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | D4 | Rich fens | same |
