51.13 - Bog pools

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Larger, deep, permanently filled depressions, usually distrophic, occurring near the centre of raised bogs or along tension lines. Their planctonic communities are original. Floating plant communities may sometimes develop, in particular those comprising Sparganium minimum and Utricularia spp. (unit 22.45) and, sometimes, beds of Nymphaea spp. (unit 22.4311).

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Pearsall, 1971; Walter, 1979; Ruuhijärvi, 1983; Sjörs, 1983; Botch and Masing, 1983; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984; Succow and Jeschke, 1990; Påhlsson, 1994: 201-214.