Vegetation dominated by Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani used to be confined to the surroundings of mineral springs and the littoral zones of brackish lakes, but today it is mainly found in drainage ditches of former fens or salt marshes, and around pools in quarries and pits after extraction of peat, gravel or open cast coal mining. These habitats are usually flooded by shallow, mineral-rich water from autumn to spring, but they dry out in summer. This association occurs in lowland and warm colline areas in northern and central Bohemia and southern Moravia.