Brown moss carpets

General Information Species Legal instrument Natura

Common name:

Brown moss carpets

Habitat code:

D2.3B

Description:

Transition mire communities of the Palaearctic domaine dominated by [Drepanocladus exannulatus], [Drepanocladus revolvens], [Scorpidium scorpioides], [Calliergon giganteum], [Calliergon cuspidatum], [Calliergon richardsonii], [Campylium stellatum], [Paludella squarrosa], associated with sparse [Carex limosa], [Carex rostrata], [Carex lasiocarpa], sometimes with [Equisetum fluviatile], [Sphagnum subsecundum] or [Sphagnum teres], , [Sphagnum auriculatum], characteristic of mesocline or basicline quaking bogs, often occurring in mosaic with [Carex lasiocarpa] formations.

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001 Seneca A. and L. Soderstrom, 2009

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Equisetum fluviatile Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Carex rostrata Stokes, 1787	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh., 1784	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Carex limosa Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Carex divisa Hudson, 1762	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sphagnum teres Ångström in C. J. Hartman, 1861	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sphagnum subsecundum Nees	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Code in legal instrument
Legal instrument	Habitat type legal name	Habitat type legal code
EU Habitats Directive Annex I	Transition mires and quaking bogs	7140
Bern Convention 1996	Transition mires	54.5

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
G05100700		G05100700	LASY WALECKIE
G02100001		G02100001	JEZIORO UDZIERZ