53.3 - Fen-sedge beds

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Cladium mariscus-dominated formations of Europe north to 62ø N and the Mediterranean basin, mostly limited in the northern part of their range, where they have a distincty relict distribution, to alkaline and sometimes acid fens and to the land-building zone of calcareous lakes, somewhat more widespread in the Mediterranean region as a waterside vegetation.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Phragmitetea (Phragmiti-Magnocaricetea): Phragmitetalia: Magnocaricion elatae: Cladietum marisci (Mariscetum serrati); Tofieldietalia (Caricetalia davallianae): Caricion davallianae; i.a.

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)

Maire, 1957; Quézel and Santa, 1962; Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; De Sloover, 1970; Zohary, 1973; Schumacher, 1977; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1980; Soo, 1980; Wheeler, 1980a; Pignatti, 1982; Moravec & al., 1983; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984: unit 3.6.4.1a; Bournérias, 1984; Diaz Gonzalez and Fernandez Prieto, 1987; Asensi Marfil and Diez Garretas, 1987; Oberdorfer, 1990; Korotkov & al., 1991; Zahran and Willis, 1992; Balatova-Tulackova & al., 1993: 95-96; Påhlsson, 1994: unit 3.4.4.1a; Mossberg & al., 1995: 608.