54.5C - Harestail cottonsedge quaking bogs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Transition mire communities of the Bohemian Quadrangle in which the grass layer is dominated by Eriophorum vaginatum on a thick mat of Sphagnum recurvum, with Polytrichum commune often forming a second moss layer. Associated plants include Carex nigra and Agrostis canina. Typical raised bog plants are few, often limited to Carex pauciflora and Vaccinium oxycoccos.

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)

Petermann and Seibert, 1979: 95-97.