37.211 - Cabbage thistle meadows

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Tall-herb rich wet meadows dominated by, or with an abundance of, Cirsium oleraceum, distributed in Western and Central Europe from Denmark, locally Scania, norhwestern Germany, Belgium, France, northwestern Spain, east to Poland, Lithuania, the Bohemian basin, Austria, best developed in the submontane level of the Hercynian ranges, the Jura and the pre-Alps on base-rich loams of river and brook floodplains and lakesides; Cirsium oleraceum, Angelica sylvestris, Caltha palustris, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Ranunculus acris, Polygonum bistorta, Rumex acetosa, Holcus lanatus, Alopecurus pratensis, Festuca pratensis, Poa trivialis are characteristic of their cortŠge; in northern Germany, Poland, Lithuania, the communities are enriched in Polygonum bistorta and lack several characteritics of their middle Hercynian cortŠge, in particular Sanguisorba officinalis, Colchicum autumnale, Silaum silaus.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Angelico sylvestris-Cirsietum oleracei (Polygono bistortae-Cirsietum oleracei, Cirsio-Polygonetum) i.a.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

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