Great horsetail springs

Mires of spring or seep systems of nemoral Europe fed by lime-rich waters over clay soils physiognomically dominated by the presence, alongside Cratoneurion commutati communities, of colonies of the large horsetail Equisetum telmateia, pure or accompanied by other species characteristic of lowland tall herb communities (unit E5.4); these colonies may be dense, extensive and up to three metres tall.

Código Eunis 2021: Q41612