54.1222 - Great horsetail springs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mires of spring or seep systems of nemoral Europe fed by lime-rich waters over clay soils physiognomically dominated by the presence, alongside Cratoneurion commutati communities, of colonies of the large horsetail Equisetum telmateia, pure or accompanied by other species characteristic of lowland tall herb communities (unit 37.1); these colonies may be dense, extensive and up to three metres tall.

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)

Westhoff and den Held, 1975: 193; Page, 1988: 384-386; Schubert & al., 1995: 219.