Habitats
Wetlands
Base-rich fens and calcareous spring mires
Extremely rich moss-sedge fen
Overview
Nomenclature
Species
Distribution
Alliances
Pictures
Diagnostic taxa
Agrostis canina ,
Carex chordorrhiza ,
Carex demissa ,
Carex diandra ,
Carex dioica ,
Carex echinata ,
Carex flava ,
Carex lasiocarpa ,
Carex limosa ,
Carex nigra ,
Carex panicea ,
Carex rostrata ,
Cirsium palustre ,
Comarum palustre ,
Dactylorhiza majalis ,
Drosera rotundifolia ,
Epilobium palustre ,
Equisetum fluviatile ,
Equisetum palustre ,
Eriophorum angustifolium ,
Eriophorum latifolium ,
Galium uliginosum ,
Menyanthes trifoliata ,
Parnassia palustris ,
Pedicularis palustris ,
Potentilla erecta ,
Trichophorum alpinum ,
Trichophorum cespitosum ,
Vaccinium oxycoccos ,
Valeriana dioica ,
Viola palustris
Bryophytes:
Aneura pinguis ,
Aulacomnium palustre ,
Calliergonella cuspidata ,
Calliergon giganteum ,
Campylium stellatum ,
Cinclidium stygium ,
Fissidens adianthoides ,
Hamatocaulis vernicosus ,
Helodium blandovii ,
Loeskypnum badium ,
Meesia triquetra ,
Paludella squarrosa ,
Philonotis fontana ,
Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum ,
Scorpidium revolvens aggr. ,
Sphagnum contortum ,
Sphagnum subsecundum ,
Sphagnum teres ,
Sphagnum warnstorfii ,
Stereodon pratensis ,
Straminergon stramineum ,
Tomentypnum nitens
Constant taxa
Agrostis canina ,
Andromeda polifolia ,
Anthoxanthum odoratum aggr. ,
Betula pubescens ,
Briza media ,
Caltha palustris ,
Carex davalliana ,
Carex demissa ,
Carex diandra ,
Carex dioica ,
Carex echinata ,
Carex flava ,
Carex lasiocarpa ,
Carex limosa ,
Carex nigra ,
Carex panicea ,
Carex rostrata ,
Cirsium palustre ,
Comarum palustre ,
Crepis paludosa ,
Drosera rotundifolia ,
Epilobium palustre ,
Equisetum fluviatile ,
Equisetum palustre ,
Eriophorum angustifolium ,
Eriophorum latifolium ,
Festuca rubra aggr. ,
Filipendula ulmaria ,
Galium palustre aggr. ,
Galium uliginosum ,
Juncus articulatus ,
Luzula campestris aggr. ,
Lysimachia vulgaris ,
Menyanthes trifoliata ,
Molinia caerulea aggr. ,
Parnassia palustris ,
Pedicularis palustris ,
Phragmites australis ,
Pinguicula vulgaris ,
Potentilla erecta ,
Ranunculus acris aggr. ,
Selaginella selaginoides ,
Succisa pratensis ,
Trichophorum alpinum ,
Trichophorum cespitosum ,
Triglochin palustris ,
Vaccinium oxycoccos ,
Valeriana dioica ,
Viola palustris
Bryophytes:
Aneura pinguis ,
Aulacomnium palustre ,
Calliergonella cuspidata ,
Calliergon giganteum ,
Campylium stellatum ,
Cinclidium stygium ,
Climacium dendroides ,
Fissidens adianthoides ,
Hamatocaulis vernicosus ,
Paludella squarrosa ,
Plagiomnium affine aggr. ,
Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum ,
Scorpidium revolvens aggr. ,
Sphagnum contortum ,
Sphagnum recurvum aggr. ,
Sphagnum subsecundum ,
Sphagnum teres ,
Sphagnum warnstorfii ,
Straminergon stramineum ,
Tomentypnum nitens
Dominant taxa
Carex lasiocarpa ,
Carex nigra ,
Carex rostrata ,
Menyanthes trifoliata ,
Trichophorum cespitosum
Bryophytes:
Campylium stellatum ,
Scorpidium revolvens aggr. ,
Sphagnum contortum ,
Sphagnum teres ,
Sphagnum warnstorfii ,
Tomentypnum nitens
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.