54.4222 - Sub-Atlantic Carex-Juncus acidic fens

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Acidic fen formations in which Carex nigra, Carex canescens, Carex echinata and sometimes Carex rostrata are accompanied by, and sometimes dominated by, abundant rushes, in particular Juncus filiformis and Juncus acutiflorus, and with a pleurocarpic moss layer.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Caricetum curto-echinatae juncetosum filiformis, Caricetum curto-echinatae juncetosum acutiflori, p.

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)

Lebrun & al., 1949: units 115, 116, [p.]; Westhoff and Den Held, 1975: 199; Frankard & al., 1998: 38.