EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > G - Woodland, forest and other wooded land > G1 - Broadleaved deciduous woodland > G1.3 - Mediterranean riparian woodland

Mediterranean riparian woodland

English name: Mediterranean riparian woodland

Description (English)

Alluvial forests and gallery woods of the mediterranean region. Dominance may be of a single species, of few species or mixed with many species including Fraxinus, Liquidambar, Platanus, Populus, Salix, Ulmus. Excludes mediterranean Salix woods (G1.1) and shrubby riparian vegetation (F9.3).

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code G1.3
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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	Salix alba and Populus alba galleries	92A0	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	Platanus orientalis and Liquidambar orientalis woods (Platanion orientalis)	92C0	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Lauro nobilis-Fraxinion angustifoliae I. Kárpáti et Kárpáti 1961	Riparian gallery forests withh relict laurisilva elements of eastern submediterranean regions of Apenninian and Balkan Peninsulas	Fraxinion angustifoliae Pedrotti 1970; Populion albae P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968; Lauro nobilis-Fraxinion angustifoliae I. Kárpáti 1962; Lauro nobilis-Fraxinion oxycarpae I. Kárpáti et Kárpáti 1961 nom. mut. (sensu Brullo & Spampinato 1999); Fraxino angustifoliae-Populion P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion canariensis Rivas-Mart. et al. ex Rivas-Mart., Fernández González et Lodi 1999	Canarian willow woodlands on silt-rich alluvia or recent landslides and beds of irregular streams of Madeira and Canary Islands	Salicion canariensis Rivas-Mart. et al. 1993	Schaminee et al, 2012
Osmundo-Alnion glutinosae (Br.-Bl. et al. 1956) Dierschke et Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 1975	Alder and willow riparian forests fo Western Mediterranean	Alnion lusitanicum Br.-Bl. et al. 1956; Caricion microcarpae Gamisans 1975; Caricion microcarpae Gamisans 1977; Osmundo-Alnion (Braun-Blanquet et al.1956) Dierschke et Rivas- Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 1975	Schaminee et al, 2012
Rhododendro pontici-Prunion lusitanicae A.V. Pérez, Galán et Cabezudo in A.V. Pérez et al. 1999	South Iberian riparian gallery forest with relict laurisilva elements	Scrophulario laxiflorae-Rhododendrion pontici Pérez Latorre, Galán de Mera et Cabezudo in Cabezudo et Pérez Latorre 2001	Schaminee et al, 2012
Platanion orientalis I. Kárpáti et V. Kárpáti 1961	Platanus riparian gallery forests of Eastern Mediterranean	Platanion orientalis I. Kárpáti 1962	Schaminee et al, 2012
Populion albae Br.-Bl. ex Tchou Yen-Tcheng 1949	Riparian gallery forests o submediterranean regions of southern France and Iberian Peninsula	Fraxino angustifoliae ssp. angustifoliae-Populion albae Julve 1993 (orig. form); Clematido cirrhosae-Populion albae Bensettiti 1999; Fraxino-Quercion pyrenaicae Rivas Goday 1964; Populion albae Br.-Bl. 1931; Populion albae Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943; Populion albae Br.-Bl. ex Tchou Yen-Tcheng 1948; Populion albae de Bannes-Puygiron 1933; Saponario officinalis-Populion albae (Br.-Bl. ex Tchou Yen-Tcheng 1948) Bensettiti 1999	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	44.7	Oriental plane and sweet gum woods	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	44.6	Mediterraneo-Turanian riverine forests	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	3.1.1.	Broad-leaved forest	n/a
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment	24	Mediterranean and Macaronesian riverine woodlands and gallery forests	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	G1.3	Mediterranean riparian woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	G1.3	Mediterranean Populus, Fraxinus, Ulmus and related riparian woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	G1.3	Mediterranean Populus, Fraxinus, Ulmus and related riparian woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	G1.3	Mediterranean Populus, Fraxinus, Ulmus and related riparian woodland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.3	Mediterranean riverine woodland and thickets	same

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