53.2 - Large sedge communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Formations of large Cyperaceae of genera Carex or Cyperus occupying the edge or the entirety of humid depressions, oligotrophic mires and rich fens of the Palaearctic region, on ground that can be dry for part of the year. They occur, in particular, on the landward side of reedbeds in waterside successions and as colonists of humid depressions on mineral soils, or of acid and alkaline fens.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Phragmitetea (Phragmiti-Magnocaricetea): Phragmitetalia: Magnocaricion elatae

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)

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