EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > F - Heathland, scrub and tundra > F9 - Riverine and fen scrubs > F9.1 - Riverine scrub

Riverine scrub

English name: Riverine scrub

Description (English)

Scrub of broad-leaved willows, e.g. Salix aurita, Salix cinerea, Salix pentandra, beside rivers. Scrub of Alnus spp. and narrow-leaved willows, e.g. Salix elaeagnos, where these are less than 5 m tall. Riverside scrub of Hippophae rhamnoides and Myricaria germanica. Excludes riversides dominated by taller narrow-leaved willows Salix alba, Salix purpurea, Salix viminalis (G1.1).

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code F9.1
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	Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Myricaria germanica	3230	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	Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos	3240	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Rubo caesii-Amorphion fruticosae Shevchyk et Solomakha in Shevchyk et al. 1996	Riparian scrub on temporarily flooded gleyic soils of central Ukraine		Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion cantabricae Rivas-Mart., T.E. Díaz et Penas in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011	Northern Iberian themo-supramediterranean riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-rich rivers		Schaminee et al, 2012
Artemisio dniproicae-Salicion acutifoliae Shevchyk et Solomakha in Shevchyk et al. 1996	Willow scrub on riverine dunes of central Ukraine	Agrostio vinealis–Salicion acutifoliae Bulokhov 2005	Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion discolori-neotrichae Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002	Iberian themo-supramediterranean riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-rich rivers	Salicion triandro-neotrichae Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958; Salicion triandro-fragilis Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958 corr. O. de Bolòs 1983	Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion salvifoliae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984	Western Iberian themo-supramediterranean riparian riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-poor rivers		Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion triandrae T. Müller et Görs 1958	Willow scrub of lowland to sub-montane stream banks with loamy-sandy sediments of nemoral zone of Europe		Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion eleagno-daphnoidis (Moor 1958) Grass 1993	Willow scrub of sub-montane to subalpine gravelly stream banks of Alps, Pyrenees and Carpathians	Hippophaion Rübel 1933; Salicion eleagni Moor 1958; Salici elaeagni subsp. elaeagni-Hippophaeion rhamnoidis ssp. fluviatilis de Foucault et Julve in Julve 1993 (orig. form)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion phylicifoliae Dierßen 1992	Willow scrub of montane stream banks and deltas in boreal and arctic zones of Europe and of Greenland		Schaminee et al, 2012
Salicion pedicellatae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984	Southern Iberian, Maghrebinian and Calabro-Sicilian themo-supramediterranean riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-rich rivers	Salicion pedicellatae Galán de Meran, Pérez Latorre et Cabezudo in Pérez Latorre et al. 1999; Salicion pedicellatae (Ubaldi 2003) Poldini et al. 2011	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Hippophae rhamnoides

Flowering Plants Myricaria germanica

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
Hippophae rhamnoides		Flowering Plants
Myricaria germanica		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		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	44.1	Riparian willow formations	overlap
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.2.	Moors and heathland	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	A21	Scrub: dense/continuous	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	A22	Scrub: scattered	overlap
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK)	1	Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland	wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	5.3.6	Saulaie buissonnante alluviale	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F9.1	Riverine scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F9.1	Riverine and lakeshore Salix scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F9.1	Riverine and lakeshore Salix scrub	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F9.1	Riverine and lakeshore Salix scrub	same

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