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Q23 Relict mire of Mediterranean mountains

Diagnostic taxa

Agrostis canina, Allium schoenoprasum, Bellis bernardii, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, Cardamine rivularis, Carex echinata, Carex lazarei, Carex nigra, Cirsium heterotrichum, Crocus veluchensis, Dactylorhiza cordigera, Deschampsia cespitosa aggr., Epilobium nutans, Eriophorum latifolium, Festuca frigida, Gentiana pyrenaica, Gentianella bulgarica, Geum coccineum, Gymnadenia frivaldii, Juncus alpinoarticulatus, Juncus filiformis, Juncus thomasii, Ligusticum mutellina, Luzula campestris aggr., Nardus stricta, Narthecium scardicum, Parnassia palustris, Pinguicula balcanica, Pinguicula corsica, Pinguicula nevadensis, Plantago gentianoides, Primula deorum, Primula frondosa, Ranunculus pyrenaeus, Saxifraga stellaris, Scorzoneroides microcephala, Scorzoneroides rilaensis, Sesleria comosa, Soldanella pindicola, Taraxacum sect. Alpina, Trichophorum cespitosum, Veratrum lobelianum, Willemetia stipitata

Bryophytes: Aulacomnium palustre, Blindia acuta, Diobelonella palustris, Palustriella decipiens, Philonotis fontana, Philonotis seriata, Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, Sarmentypnum exannulatum, Sarmentypnum sarmentosum, Scapania irrigua, Scapania paludicola, Scapania undulata, Sphagnum contortum, Sphagnum platyphyllum, Sphagnum subsecundum, Sphagnum teres, Sphagnum warnstorfii, Straminergon stramineum

Constant taxa

Agrostis canina, Alchemilla vulgaris aggr., Allium schoenoprasum, Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, Cardamine rivularis, Carex echinata, Carex lazarei, Carex lepidocarpa, Carex nigra, Cirsium heterotrichum, Dactylorhiza cordigera, Deschampsia cespitosa aggr., Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum latifolium, Eriophorum vaginatum, Festuca rubra aggr., Gentiana pyrenaica, Gentianella bulgarica, Geum coccineum, Gymnadenia frivaldii, Juncus alpinoarticulatus, Juncus articulatus, Juncus filiformis, Ligusticum mutellina, Luzula campestris aggr., Molinia caerulea aggr., Nardus stricta, Parnassia palustris, Pinguicula balcanica, Plantago gentianoides, Potentilla erecta, Primula deorum, Primula farinosa, Primula frondosa, Saxifraga stellaris, Selaginella selaginoides, Sesleria comosa, Soldanella pindicola, Succisa pratensis, Taraxacum sect. Alpina, Trichophorum cespitosum, Vaccinium uliginosum, Veratrum lobelianum

Bryophytes: Aulacomnium palustre, Campylium stellatum, Philonotis fontana, Philonotis seriata, Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, Sarmentypnum exannulatum, Sarmentypnum sarmentosum, Scapania irrigua, Sphagnum platyphyllum, Sphagnum subsecundum, Sphagnum warnstorfii, Straminergon stramineum

Dominant taxa

Carex nigra, Narthecium scardicum, Primula deorum, Trichophorum cespitosum

Bryophytes: Sarmentypnum exannulatum, Sphagnum platyphyllum, Sphagnum subsecundum, Sphagnum warnstorfii

Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Version 2025-10-03, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16895007.

For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.