37.21 - Prairies humides atlantiques et subatlantiques

Atlantic and sub-Atlantic humid meadows

Classification des habitats CORINE biotopes

Descriptif officiel

Lightly managed hay meadows and pastures on both basocline and acidocline, nutrient-rich soils of middle European lowlands, hills and low mountains under Atlantic or sub-Atlantic climatic conditions. Among the characteristic plant components of the highly diverse communities forming this unit are Caltha palustris, Cirsium palustre, C. rivularis, C. oleraceum, Epilobium parviflorum, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Mentha aquatica, Scirpus sylvaticus, Stachys palustris, Bromus racemosus, Crepis paludosa, Fritillaria meleagris, Geum rivale, Polygonum bistorta, Senecio aquaticus, Trollius europaeus, Lotus uliginosus, Trifolium dubium, Equisetum palustre, Myosotis palustris, Deschampsia cespitosa, Angelica sylvestris, Oenanthe silaifolia, Gratiola officinalis, Inula salicina, Succisella inflexa, Dactylorhiza majalis, Ranunculus acris, Rumex acetosa, Holcus lanatus, Alopecurus pratensis, Festuca pratensis, Juncus effusus, J. filiformis.

Description en français

Pâturages et prairies de fauche, gérées de façon extensive, sur des sols tant basiclines qu'acidiclines, riches en nutriments, des plaines, collines et montagnes basses de l'Europe sous des climats atlantique ou subatlantique. Parmi les plantes caractéristiques des très nombreuses communautés concernées, on peut citer : Caltha palustris, Cirsium palustre, C. rivularis, C. oleraceum, Epilobium parviflorum, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Mentha aquatica, Scirpus sylvaticus, Stachys palustris, Bromus racemosus, Crepis paludosa, Fritillaria meleagris, Geum rivale, Polygonum bistorta, Senecio aquaticus, Trollius europaeus, Lotus uliginosus, Trifolium dubium, Equisetum palustre, Myosotis palustris, Deschampsia cespitosa, Angelica sylvestris, Oenanthe silaifolia, Gratiola officinalis, Inula salicina, Succisella inflexa, Dactylorhiza majalis, Ranunculus acris, Rumex acetosa, Holcus lanatus, Alopecurus pratensis, Festuca pratensis, Juncus effusus, J. filiformis.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Calthion palustris, Bromion racemosi, Deschampsion cespitosae

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J., Ledant J.-P. & coll., 1991. CORINE biotopes manual. Habitats of the European Community. Data specifications - Part 2. EUR 12587/3 EN. European Commission, Luxembourg, 300 p. (Source)