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Q45 Arctic-alpine rich fen

Diagnostic taxa

Bartsia alpina, Bistorta vivipara, Carex atrofusca, Carex bicolor, Carex capillaris, Carex davalliana, Carex dioica, Carex frigida, Carex maritima, Carex microglochin, Carex nigra, Carex norvegica, Carex parallela, Carex saxatilis, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Equisetum variegatum, Eriophorum angustifolium, Juncus alpinoarticulatus, Juncus arcticus, Juncus biglumis, Juncus castaneus, Juncus triglumis, Kobresia simpliciuscula, Parnassia palustris, Pedicularis oederi, Pinguicula alpina, Pinguicula vulgaris, Primula farinosa, Salix arbuscula, Salix myrsinites, Salix reticulata, Saussurea alpina aggr., Saxifraga aizoides, Selaginella selaginoides, Thalictrum alpinum, Tofieldia pusilla, Trichophorum alpinum

Bryophytes: Aneura pinguis, Brachythecium glareosum, Campylium stellatum, Catoscopium nigritum, Cinclidium stygium, Fissidens osmundoides, Meesia uliginosa, Mesoptychia badensis, Mesoptychia bantriensis, Oncophorus virens, Oncophorus wahlenbergii, Orthothecium chryseon, Palustriella commutata aggr., Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, Saccobasis polita, Sarmentypnum sarmentosum, Scorpidium revolvens aggr., Tayloria lingulata, Tomentypnum nitens

Constant taxa

Agrostis stolonifera, Bartsia alpina, Bellidiastrum michelii, Betula nana, Bistorta vivipara, Carex atrofusca, Carex bicolor, Carex capillaris, Carex davalliana, Carex dioica, Carex frigida, Carex maritima, Carex microglochin, Carex nigra, Carex panicea, Carex vaginata, Deschampsia cespitosa aggr., Eleocharis quinqueflora, Equisetum arvense, Equisetum palustre, Equisetum variegatum, Eriophorum angustifolium, Juncus alpinoarticulatus, Juncus arcticus, Juncus biglumis, Juncus triglumis, Kobresia simpliciuscula, Parnassia palustris, Pinguicula alpina, Pinguicula vulgaris, Poa alpina, Potentilla erecta, Primula farinosa, Salix arbuscula, Salix reticulata, Saussurea alpina aggr., Saxifraga aizoides, Selaginella selaginoides, Sesleria caerulea, Thalictrum alpinum, Tofieldia pusilla, Trichophorum cespitosum

Bryophytes: Aneura pinguis, Campylium stellatum, Catoscopium nigritum, Meesia uliginosa, Palustriella commutata aggr., Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, Scorpidium revolvens aggr., Tomentypnum nitens

Dominant taxa

Carex microglochin, Kobresia simpliciuscula, Trichophorum cespitosum

Bryophytes: Campylium stellatum, Palustriella commutata aggr., Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum, 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.