51.1116 - Sphagnum papillosum hummocks

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Low hummocks of olive-brown or ocre Sphagnum papillosum, formed mostly in bogs of western and northern Europe, in particular, of the British Isles, Denmark, northwestern Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium. Outside of bogs, Sphagnum papillosum hummocks may form in a variety of mires, particularly in Atlantic regions.

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)

Duvigneaud, 1944: 13-14, 16; Duvigneaud, 1949: 109-110; Lebrun & al., 1949: unit 118; Vanden Berghen, 1951a: 172-184, 206; Vanden Berghen, 1969b: 79-80; Brasseur & al., 1978: 45-46; Bellamy, 1986: 42-43; Ellenberg, 1988: 338; Daniels and Eddy, 1990: 27, 52-53; Rodwell, 1991b: unit M18 [p.], 184; Pott, 1992: 191, 192; Drachenfels, 1994: unit 6.1.5 [p.].