D5.21Niveau 4Communautés de grands Carex (magnocariçaies)
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Description
Communities of social sedges of genus Carex, usually dominated by one species that can be either tussock-forming or bed-forming. They are arranged according to dominant species. Species Carex acutiformis, Carex appropinquata, Carex elata, Carex paniculata, Carex lasiocarpa are present. Vegetation of alliance Magnocaricion elatae.
Formations of large, usually well-spaced tussocks of Carex paniculata, of alkaline to acid, usually mesotrophic, often somewhat shady, habitually peaty stations of the Palaearctic domaine, including marshy woods. Carex paniculata is also a constituent of species-rich alkaline fen sedge communities.