EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.1 - Riparian and gallery woodland, with dominant Alnus, Betula, Populus or Salix

Riparian and gallery woodland, with dominant Alnus, Betula, Populus or Salix

English name: Riparian and gallery woodland, with dominant alder, birch, poplar or willow

Description (English)

Riparian woods of the boreal, boreo-nemoral, nemoral and submediterranean and steppe zones, with one or few dominant species, typically Alnus, Betula, Populus or Salix. Includes woods dominated by narrow-leaved willows Salix alba, Salix elaeagnos, Salix purpurea, Salix viminalis in all zones including the mediterranean. Excludes riverine scrub of broad-leaved willows, e.g. Salix aurita, Salix cinerea, Salix pentandra (F9.1).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.1
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Natural forests of primary succession stages of landupheaval coast	9030	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)	91E0	Overlap
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Salix alba and Populus alba galleries	92A0	Overlap
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Riparian formations on intermittent Mediterranean water courses with Rhododendron ponticum, Salix and others	92B0	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Salicion albae Soó 1951	Willow and poplar woodlands of lowland to sub-montane river alluvia of nemoral zone of Europe and high altitudes of Mediterranean	Irido-Salicion albae Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Populion albae Szafer 1935; Populion albae Tx. 1931; Populion nigrae Rameau in Rameau et al. 1993; Populion nigrae Schnitzler 1988; Rubo caesiae-Populion nigrae Passarge 1985; Saliceto-Populion albae Klika 1943 (orig. form); Salici fragilis-Alnion Passarge 1968; Salicion albae Soó 1930; Salicion albae T. Müller et Görs 1958; Salicion albae Tx. 1955; Salicion albae Tx. ex Moor 1958; Salicion eleagni T. Müller et Görs 1958; Rubo-Salicion triandrae (T. Müller et Görs 1958) Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Saliceto-Populion albae Klika in Klika et Hadac 1944 (orig. form)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Alno incanae-Salicion pentandrae Kielland-Lund 1981	Alder-willow riparian floodplain forests on nutrient-rich alluvial soils of boreal zone of Scandinavia and northern Russia		Schaminee et al, 2012
Alnion incanae Pawlowski et al. 1928	Alder-ash and oak riparian floodplain forests on nutrient-rich alluvial soils in nemoral zone of Europe	Cardamino-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Circaeo-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Alno-Padion Knapp ex Medwecka-Kornas in W. Matuszkiewicz et Borowik 1957; Carici remotae-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion scabrae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Eu-Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Alnion incanae Lakušic et al. 1975; Alnion incanae Lakušic et al. 1979; Alno-Fraxinion Meijer-Drees 1936; Alno-Fraxinion Scamoni et Passarge 1959 p.p.; Alno-Padion Knapp 1942; Alno-Ulmion Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943; Alno-Ulmion Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Tchou 1948; Cardamino-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Carici remotae-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Carici-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Carpino-Ulmion scabrae Passarge 1968; Circaeo-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge 1968; Eu-Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Eu-Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Eu-Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Fraxinion excelsioris Moor 1977; Fraxinion excelsioris Nègre 1972; Fraxino excelsioris-Alnion glutinosae Julve 1993; Fraxino excelsioris-Quercion roboris Rameau 1997; Fraxino-Alnion Oberd. 1953; Fraxino-Carpinion Tx. et Diemont 1936; Fraxino-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Fraxino-Ulmion Ellenberg 1963; Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge 1968; Molinio-Alnion glutinosae Kevey 2008; Sorbion aucupariae Rameau in Rameau et al. 1993; Ulmo-Quercion roboris Passarge 1968; Milio-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Carpino-Ulmion carpinifoliae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Fraxino excelsioris-Quercion roboris Rameau in Royer et al. 2006; Ulmo-Quercion roboris Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Filipendulo-Fraxinion excelsae Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Salix alba

Flowering Plants Salix aurita

Flowering Plants Salix cinerea

Flowering Plants Salix elaeagnos

Flowering Plants Salix pentandra

Flowering Plants Salix purpurea

Flowering Plants Salix viminalis

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Salix alba		Flowering Plants
Salix aurita		Flowering Plants
Salix cinerea		Flowering Plants
Salix elaeagnos		Flowering Plants
Salix pentandra		Flowering Plants
Salix purpurea		Flowering Plants
Salix viminalis		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
Ramsar Wetland Types	Xf	Freshwater, tree-dominated wetlands	wider
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	?	Not found in FTBA classification	not defined
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	A111	Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural	overlap
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	4	Wet woodland	wider
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	W6	Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland	not defined
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.1.2	Saulaie blanche	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	6.1.3	Aulnaie alluviale	narrower

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.1	Riparian and gallery woodland, with dominant Alnus, Betula, Populus or Salix	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.1	Riparian Salix, Alnus and Betula woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.1	Riparian Salix, Alnus and Betula woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.1	Riparian Salix, Alnus and Betula woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.1	Riparian woodland with Salix, Alnus or Betula	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.1	Gallery forests with willow, alder or birch	same

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