51.1123 - Eriophorum-Sphagnum papillosum lawns

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Lawns and hummock-to-hollow transition communities of Palaearctic bogs dominated by Sphagnum papillosum associated with Eriophorum vaginatum, most characteristic of maritime and submaritime regions of the western and eastern Palaearctic, often constituting the dominant lawn community in Atlantic and sub-Atlantic bogs of nemoral Europe. Erica tetralix is a usual member of the community in western regions; when its cover exceeds that of Eriophorum vaginatum the stands should be listed under unit 51.115. In boreal Europe Sphagnum papillosum carpets are more characteristic of minerotrophic acidic fens than of bogs.

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)

Duvigneaud, 1944: 13; Duvigneaud, 1949: 109-110; Botch and Masing, 1983: 126; Rodwell, 1991b: unit M18 [p.], 184; Oberdorfer, 1992a: 274-279, 285; Bellamy, 1986: 42-43; Ellenberg, 1988: 334, 339; Daniels and Eddy, 1990: 26-28, 52; Seliskar, 1998: 15.