54.4221 - Sub-Atlantic Carex acidic fens

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Sedge-dominated acidic fen formations in which Carex canescens, accompanied by Agrostis canina, is often the most abundant, with a brown moss layer that can sometimes be very partial; Carex nigra, Carex echinata and Carex magellanica facies also occur.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Caricetum curto-echinatae

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: unit 150; Westhoff and Den Held, 1975: 199; De Sloover & al., 1980: 70-71; Thoen and Schmidt, 1984: 137-139; Frankard & al., 1998: 36.