54.4225 - Sub-Atlantic Agrostis-Sphagnum fens

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Sphagnum peatlands in which the herbaceous sward is formed by Agrostis canina ssp. stolonifera, often with Carex rostrata or Eriophorum angustifolium; the muscinal layer being usually formed by Sphagnum recurvum with Polytrichum commune.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Carici-Agrostietum caninae 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)

Lebrun & al., 1949: unit 115 [p.]; Matuszkiewicz and Matuszkiewicz, 1975: 62-63; Matuszkiewicz, 1984: 92; Zarnowiec & al., 1991; Korotkov & al., 1991: 258; Dyduch-Falniowska, 1992.