EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > D - Mires, bogs and fens > D4 - Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires > D4.1 - Rich fens, including eutrophic tall-herb fens and calcareous flushes and soaks > D4.15 - Carex dioica, Carex pulicaris and Carex flava fens > D4.154 - Cantabrian yellow sedge fens

Cantabrian yellow sedge fens

English name: Cantabrian yellow sedge fens

Description (English)

Rare exiguous alkaline spring and gully communities of the montane level of the Cordillera Cantabrica, with Carex lepidocarpa, Carex demissa, Carex davalliana, Carex echinata, Carex nigra, Carex panicea, Eriophorum latifolium, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Juncus articulatus, Juncus alpestris, Equisetum variegatum, Pinguicula grandiflora, Parnassia palustris and, in more eastern communities, Tofieldia calyculata, Primula farinosa, Bartsia alpina.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code D4.154
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (D4.1)

Legal status

Not available

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Ferns Equisetum variegatum

Flowering Plants Bartsia alpina

Flowering Plants Carex davalliana

Flowering Plants Carex demissa

Flowering Plants Carex lepidocarpa

Flowering Plants Carex nigra

Flowering Plants Carex panicea

Flowering Plants Eleocharis quinqueflora

Flowering Plants Eriophorum latifolium

Flowering Plants Juncus articulatus

Flowering Plants Parnassia palustris

Flowering Plants Pinguicula grandiflora

Flowering Plants Primula farinosa

Flowering Plants Tofieldia calyculata

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Equisetum variegatum		Ferns
Bartsia alpina		Flowering Plants
Carex davalliana		Flowering Plants
Carex demissa		Flowering Plants
Carex lepidocarpa		Flowering Plants
Carex nigra		Flowering Plants
Carex panicea		Flowering Plants
Eleocharis quinqueflora		Flowering Plants
Eriophorum latifolium		Flowering Plants
Juncus articulatus		Flowering Plants
Parnassia palustris		Flowering Plants
Pinguicula grandiflora		Flowering Plants
Primula farinosa		Flowering Plants
Tofieldia calyculata		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	54.254	Cantabrian yellow sedge fens	source

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	D4.154	Cantabrian yellow sedge fens	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	D4.154	Cantabrian yellow sedge fens	same

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