Vegetation Patterns in Spring-Fed Calcareous Fens: Calcite Precipitation and Constraints on Fertility

This report considers the chemistry, vegetation composition and productivity of several spring-fed sites where both «short-fen» and «taller-fen» occurred in juxtaposition. This vegetation pattern was apparently related to water movement in the fens as the short-fen vegetation mostly occupied the main seepage tracks whilst the taller-fen flanked these