Icelandic black sedge-brown moss fens

Description (English)

Carex nigra-dominated fen communities of the lowlands of Iceland with a variable species cortège that may include Carex rariflora, Carex lyngbyei, Carex canescens, Eriophorum angustifolium, Scirpus cespitosus ssp. cespitosus (Trichophorum cespitosum), Juncus filiformis, Calamagrostis stricta, Potentilla palustris, Menyanthes trifoliata, Polygonum viviparum, Pinguicula vulgaris, Salix callicarpaea (Salix arctica), Equisetum palustre, Selaginella selaginoides and bryophytes Drepanocladus revolvens, Calliergonella cuspidata, Polytrichum commune, Aulacomnium palustre, Calliergon sarmentosum, Calliergon stramineum, Calliergon giganteum, Cinclidium stygium, Cinclidium subrotundum, Climacium dendroides, Hypnum spp., Oncophorus wahlenbergii, Sphagnum girgensohnii. Hummocks with heath mosses and sphagna are common; these communities are modified by grazing, resulting, notably, in a reduced willow component.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification