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Q41 Alkaline, calcareous, carbonate-rich small-sedge spring fen

Diagnostic taxa

Blysmus compressus, Briza media, Carex davalliana, Carex dioica, Carex flacca, Carex flava, Carex hostiana, Carex lepidocarpa, Carex nigra, Carex panicea, Carex pulicaris, Dactylorhiza incarnata, Dactylorhiza majalis, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Epipactis palustris, Equisetum palustre, Equisetum variegatum, Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum latifolium, Juncus alpinoarticulatus, Juncus articulatus, Molinia caerulea aggr., Parnassia palustris, Pinguicula vulgaris, Potentilla erecta, Primula farinosa, Succisa pratensis, Tofieldia calyculata, Triglochin palustris, Valeriana dioica

Bryophytes: Aneura pinguis, Calliergonella cuspidata, Campylium stellatum, Fissidens adianthoides, Palustriella commutata aggr., Philonotis calcarea, Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, Scorpidium revolvens aggr.

Constant taxa

Agrostis stolonifera, Bartsia alpina, Bellidiastrum michelii, Briza media, Caltha palustris, Carex davalliana, Carex dioica, Carex echinata, Carex flacca, Carex flava, Carex hostiana, Carex lepidocarpa, Carex nigra, Carex panicea, Carex rostrata, Cirsium palustre, Crepis paludosa, Dactylorhiza majalis, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Epipactis palustris, Equisetum palustre, Equisetum variegatum, Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum latifolium, Festuca rubra aggr., Juncus alpinoarticulatus, Juncus articulatus, Leontodon hispidus, Linum catharticum, Menyanthes trifoliata, Molinia caerulea aggr., Parnassia palustris, Phragmites australis, Pinguicula vulgaris, Potentilla erecta, Primula farinosa, Prunella vulgaris, Ranunculus acris aggr., Selaginella selaginoides, Succisa pratensis, Tofieldia calyculata, Triglochin palustris, Valeriana dioica

Bryophytes: Aneura pinguis, Calliergonella cuspidata, Campylium stellatum, Fissidens adianthoides, Palustriella commutata aggr., Plagiomnium affine aggr., Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, Scorpidium revolvens aggr.

Dominant taxa

Carex davalliana, Carex lepidocarpa, Carex panicea, Eleocharis quinqueflora

Bryophytes: Campylium stellatum, Palustriella commutata aggr., Scorpidium revolvens aggr.

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.