Abstract
The Federsee fen ecosystem developed on the former lake bottom due to a lowering of the lake level by man at the end of the 18th century. The following phenomenons indicate a quickly proceeding succession in the young Federsee fen ecosystem: The fen plant communities exhibit a species composition very different from nearby mires. The species numbers are also much higher. There exist a lot of often almost round polycormon patches. The increase of some of them could be indicated by measuring the patches on different old photographs. A remarkably high number of mire species (of hollows and naked peat) is missing today. One reason could be the decrease of direct human influence, another the natural mire development (...)
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