R3-52 - Prairies à Juncus acutiflorus

Juncus acutiflorus meadows

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Humid meadows of Atlantic and sub-Atlantic Europe dominated by, or rich in, Juncus acutiflorus. They are floristically and phytosociologically very varied and many are as related to the oligotrophic Molinion communities of unit E3.5 (of EUNIS 2012 wider than R37) as to the more eutrophic Calthion ones of unit E3.41 (of EUNIS 2012 split in R351 and R361). Sharp-flowered rush meadows are particularly characteristic of the oceanic and suboceanic regions of the western seaboard of Europe from northwestern Iberia to the Low Countries, extending locally in Hercynian ranges to the Harz and the Bohemian Quadrangle and in small sub-Atlantic enclaves of the Germano-Baltic plains to eastern Germany and Poland.

Bibliography

 European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, 2021. EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021 including crosswalks. ETC/BD-EEA. Table Excel transmise par S. Hennekens (Alterra) le 14/02/2022. (Source)