Small rush swards

Common name:
Small rush swards
Habitat code:
E3.443
Description:

Grasslands of occasionally flooded river and lake banks, of depressions where rain water collects, of disturbed humid areas and of humid pastures submitted to intensive grazing dominated by small rushes, in particular [Juncus compressus] or [Juncus tenuis].

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pieris mannii (Mayer 1851)
Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758
Juncus compressus Jacq., 1762 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juncus tenuis Willd., 1799 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising