54.1223 - Variegated horsetail springs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mires of spring or seep systems of boreal and nemoral Europe fed by lime-rich waters over sand or gravel soils physiognomically dominated by the presence, alongside Cratoneurion commutati formations, of communities belonging to or related to arcto-alpine riverine swards (unit 54.3) or subalpine willowherb stream communities (unit 24.22) comprising in particular stands of the perennial horsetail Equisetum variegatum.

Bibliographie

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)

Page, 1988: 321-322; Steiner, 1993: 156.