Greek Biodiversity
Community-Biotope

[Nitella] carpets

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Common name:
[Nitella] carpets
Habitat code:
C1.142
Description:

Charophyte carpets developed on the bottom of unpolluted acid, neutral or slightly basic, lime-poor, oligotrophic to mesotrophic, lakes of the Palaearctic region, mostly formed by species of genus [Nitella].

References:
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001 Langangen A., 2010
Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Nitella sp. Genus mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Nitella flexilis Ag.
Nitella opaca Ag.
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
A00010027 GR1340001 ETHNIKOS DRYMOS PRESPON