D2.3Niveau 3Tourbières de transition et tourbières tremblantes
↑ Niveau supérieur Description
Incompletely terrestrialized wetlands occupied by peat-forming vegetation with acid groundwater or (for vegetation rafts) acid underlying pool or lake water. Characteristic species are Calla palustris, Carex chordorrhiza, Carex diandra, Carex heleonastes, Carex lasiocarpa, Carex limosa, Carex rostrata, Menyanthes trifoliata, Potentilla palustris, Rhynchospora alba, Scheuchzeria palustris. Included are rafts of Sphagnum and Eriophorum (D2.38) and quaking rafts of Molinia caerulea (D2.3D). Excluded are stands of vegetation fringing water bodies (C3.2) unless the vegetation raft is sufficiently extensive to count as a habitat in its own right.
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D2.33Niveau 4Tourbières tremblantes à Carex rostrata
Habitat sélectionné Description
Transition mire communities of boreal and western nemoral regions dominated by Carex rostrata or, in western Siberia, Carex rotundata, on sphagnum or, sometimes, pleurocarp carpets, usually constituting sparse low formations. They extend south to the mountains of the Caucasus. Vegetation of alliance Caricetum rostratae.
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