54.5B - Brown moss carpets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Transition mire communities of the Palaearctic domaine dominated by Drepanocladus exannulatus, Drepanocladus revolvens, Scorpidium scorpioides, Calliergon giganteum, Calliergon cuspidatum, Calliergon richardsonii, Campylium stellatum, Paludella squarrosa, associated with sparse Carex limosa, Carex rostrata, Carex lasiocarpa, Carex chordorrhiza, Carex aquatilis, sometimes with Potentilla palustris, Equisetum fluviatile, Sphagnum recurvum, Sphagnum dusenii, Sphagnum riparium, Sphagnum squarrosum, Sphagnum subsecundum or Sphagnum teres, Sphagnum warnstorfii, Sphagnum contortum, Sphagnum auriculatum, Sphagnum platyphyllum, characteristic of mesocline or basicline quaking bogs, often occurring in mosaic with Carex lasiocarpa or Carex diandra formations.

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)

Lambinon, 1974; Påhlsson, 1994: units 3.4.3.1, 3.4.3.1a, 3.4.3.1c, 3.4.3.2, 3.4.3.2a, 3.4.3.2b, [p.].