Floating bur-reed communities

Description (English)

Sparganium angustifolium-dominated formations of small oligotrophic ponds, characteristic, in particular, of the upper montane and subalpine levels of the Alps and of the greater Hercynian ranges, locally recorded from sub-Atlantic heath regions of the Germano-Baltic plain, also capable of occurring, within the extensive Fennoscandian range of the species, and in coastal areas of Iceland, as a facies of the Isoetes communities of unit C3.4111.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code Q52214

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) C3.4114 Floating bur-reed communities same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 C3.4114 Floating bur-reed communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 C3.4114 Floating bur-reed communities same
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