Cabbage thistle meadows
Tall-herb rich wet meadows dominated by, or with an abundance of, [Cirsium oleraceum], distributed in Western and Central Europe from Denmark, locally Scania, northwestern Germany, Belgium, France, northwestern Spain, east to Poland, Lithuania, the Bohemian basin, Austria, best developed in the submontane level of the Hercynian ranges, the Jura and the pre-Alps on base-rich loams of river and brook floodplains and lakesides; [Cirsium oleraceum], [Angelica sylvestris], [Caltha palustris], [Lychnis flos-cuculi], [Ranunculus acris], [Polygonum bistorta], [Rumex acetosa], [Holcus lanatus], [Alopecurus pratensis], [Festuca pratensis], [Poa trivialis] are characteristic of their cortège; in northern Germany, Poland, Lithuania, the communities are enriched in [Polygonum bistorta] and lack several characteristics of their middle Hercynian cortège, in particular [Sanguisorba officinalis], [Colchicum autumnale], [Silaum silaus].
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Silaum silaus (L.) Schinz & Thell. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Angelica sylvestris Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Cirsium oleraceum (L.) Scop. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Ranunculus acris Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Caltha palustris Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Rumex acetosa L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Sanguisorba officinalis Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Colchicum autumnale L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Alopecurus pratensis Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Festuca pratensis Hudson, 1762 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Holcus lanatus L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Poa trivialis Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |