P2Nx Iberoatlantic spring communities

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Description

Spots through which oxygenated waters, cool as a result of their shady position or their having freshly bursted, permannetly trickle, typically colonised by carpets of bryophytes and of a taxonomically diverse set of convergently creeping, shallowly rooting herbs. The position of these communities within EUNIS is somewhat uncertain, the definitions of P2N and Q241 being almost identical.

Floristic Composition

Regional distribution

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