IBEROATLANTICA

Description

Places through which oxygenated waters, cool as a result of their shady position or their having freshly surfaced, permanently trickle, typically colonised by carpets of bryophytes and of a taxonomically diverse set of convergently creeping, shallowly rooting herbs.

Protection

This habitat is not protected under the EU Habitat Directive.

Floristic Composition

Frequent species

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium 67%, Stellaria alsine 57%, Cardamine raphanifolia 44%, Cardamine flexuosa 33%, Montia fontana aggr. 33%, Ranunculus repens 22%, Epilobium obscurum 20%, Saxifraga hirsuta 19%, Lysimachia nemorum 18%, Athyrium filix-femina 17%, Caltha palustris 16%, Oxalis acetosella 16%, Poa trivialis 14%, Myosotis stolonifera 14%, Luzula sylvatica 13%, Juncus effusus 12%, Hypericum androsaemum 10%, Chaerophyllum hirsutum 10%, Helosciadium nodiflorum 10%, Lotus pedunculatus 10%, Dryopteris affinis 10%, Epilobium alsinifolium 9%, Geranium robertianum 9%, Saxifraga lepismigena 9%, Glyceria declinata 9%, Cardamine gallaecica 9%, Blechnum spicant 8%, Soldanella villosa 7%, Trifolium repens aggr. 7%, Myosotis martini 7%, Dumortiera hirsuta 7%, Agrostis stolonifera 7%, Holcus lanatus 6%, Polystichum setiferum 6%, Juncus articulatus 6%, Juncus bulbosus 6%, Cystopteris fragilis aggr. 6%, Cirsium palustre 6%, Veronica beccabunga 6% view more...

Indicator species

Chrysosplenium oppositifolium 0.67, Stellaria alsine 0.57, Cardamine raphanifolia 0.44, Cardamine flexuosa 0.33, Montia fontana aggr. 0.33, Ranunculus repens 0.22, Epilobium obscurum 0.2, Saxifraga hirsuta 0.19, Lysimachia nemorum 0.18, Athyrium filix-femina 0.17, Oxalis acetosella 0.16, Caltha palustris 0.16, Myosotis stolonifera 0.14, Poa trivialis 0.14, Luzula sylvatica 0.13, Juncus effusus 0.12, Hypericum androsaemum 0.1, Dryopteris affinis 0.1, Chaerophyllum hirsutum 0.1, Lotus pedunculatus 0.1, Epilobium alsinifolium 0.09, Geranium robertianum 0.09, Saxifraga lepismigena 0.09, Cardamine gallaecica 0.09, Helosciadium nodiflorum 0.08, Blechnum spicant 0.08, Glyceria declinata 0.07, Soldanella villosa 0.07, Trifolium repens aggr. 0.07, Dumortiera hirsuta 0.07, Agrostis stolonifera 0.07, Myosotis martini 0.06, Holcus lanatus 0.06, Polystichum setiferum 0.06, Juncus bulbosus 0.06, Juncus articulatus 0.06, Cirsium palustre 0.06, Cystopteris fragilis aggr. 0.06, Carex remota 0.05, Veronica beccabunga 0.05, Valeriana pyrenaica 0.04, Galium palustre 0.04, Hypericum undulatum 0.04, Saxifraga spathularis 0.04, Festuca rivularis 0.04, Lonicera periclymenum 0.04, Asplenium scolopendrium 0.04, Crepis lampsanoides 0.04, Adenostyles alpina 0.04, Poa annua 0.04, Cardamine pratensis 0.04 view more...

Phytosociology

Cardaminetum latifoliae
Cardamino flexuosae-Chrysosplenietum oppositifolii
Montietum fontanae
Montio amporitanae-Ranunculetum hederacei
Myosotidetum stoloniferae
Sagino procumbentis-Sibthorpietum europaeae
Saxifragetum lepismigenae
Saxifrago clusii-Soldanelletum villosae
Stellario alsines-Saxifragetum alpigenae
Stellario uliginosae-Montietum variabilis

Relations with other habitat types

The position of these communities within EUNIS is somewhat uncertain, the definitions of P2N and Q241 being almost identical. The biotope, with running waters preventing the build-up of soil (especially in steep places) evokes Q521, associated with more eutrophic waters (polluted or having leached larger watersheds) and composed by similarly prostrate but larger plants. If waters are carbonate-rich, tufa-forming communities, here included in U3D1, develop.

P2Nx

Regional distribution

Known occurrences and potential area of occupancy of the habitat type in the study region.

P2Nx Iberoatlantic spring communities