16.33 - Dune-slack fens

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Calcareous and, occasionally, acidic fen formations of coastal dune-slacks of the Palaearctic region (cf. units 54.2, 54.4, in particular units 54.21, 54.2H, 54.49), often invaded by creeping willow, occupying the wettest parts of dune-slacks.

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)

Duvigneaud, 1947; Westhoff and den Held, 1975; Provost, 1975; LahondŠre, 1980; Oberdorfer, 1990.