Fen communities of middle latitudes of continental Western Europe and of Central Europe, recorded from the Netherlands, Belgium, western Germany, France, northern Italy including the Apuan Alps, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, with Carex dioica, Carex lepidocarpa, Carex flava, Carex demissa, Carex serotina, Carex panicea, Eriophorum latifolium, Juncus articulatus and Campylium stellatum.