This alliance includes low-growing oligotrophic grasslands on wet soils, dominated by Juncus squarrosus and Nardus stricta. They are common in precipitation-rich regions of western and north-western Europe, reaching their eastern distribution limits in Central Europe.
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Citation: Krahulec F., Chytrý M. & Härtel H. (2007): Smilkové trávníky a vřesoviště (Calluno-Ulicetea). Nardus grasslands and heathlands. – In: Chytrý M. (ed.), Vegetace České republiky. 1. Travinná a keříčková vegetace [Vegetation of the Czech Republic. 1. Grassland and Heathland Vegetation], p. 281–319, Academia, Praha.