ISSN:
1572-9710
Keywords:
clay
;
conservation
;
pasture
;
phytosociology
;
ruderal plant
;
trampling
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Carex hordeistichos is a peri-Mediterranean species, which is rare over all its distribution range. In Lorraine (France), where the field investigations were conducted, as in other Western European areas, it is present only in secondary habitats, constituted of heavily trampled wet pastures and vehicle tracks on clayed soils. All plant communities with Carex hordeistichos described from Western European areas can be linked to the Carici hordeistichi-Trifolietum fragiferi association, classified in the Agropyro-Rumicion wet pasture alliance. The conservation of this threatened ruderal plant requires the maintenance of a high disturbance level through grazing, trampling and soil packing.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008956506479
