Northern boreal alluvial meadows
Description (English)
Meadows along large rivers with placid river sections which are frozen every winter, are affected by flooding in spring. The traditional management as hay meadows has usually ceased. They are not yet severely overgrown with trees and bushes. Distributed in Finland, Sweden. Includes several vegetation types which vary according to the moisture (flooding) gradient: alluvial meadows dominated by Equisetum fluviatile, Carex acuta, Carex aquatilis, Calamagrostis, Phalaris, Deschampsia cespitosa, or tall-herbs, and dry alluvial meadows. Other species: Convallaria majalis, Elymus fibrosus, Elymus mutabilis, Festuca ovina, Galium boreale, Molinia caerulea, Nardus stricta, Salix triandra, Solidago virgaurea, Thalictrum simplex ssp. boreale and Trollius europaeus.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code E3.47 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E3.4) |
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 |
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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 | Northern boreal alluvial meadows | 6450 | Same | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Equisetum fluviatile | Ferns | |
Carex acuta | Flowering Plants | |
Carex aquatilis | Flowering Plants | |
Convallaria majalis | Flowering Plants | |
Deschampsia cespitosa | Flowering Plants | |
Elymus fibrosus | Flowering Plants | |
Elymus mutabilis | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca ovina | Flowering Plants | |
Galium boreale | Flowering Plants | |
Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants | |
Nardus stricta | Flowering Plants | |
Salix triandra | Flowering Plants | |
Solidago virgaurea | Flowering Plants | |
Trollius europaeus | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.1. | Natural grassland | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E3.47 | Northern boreal alluvial meadows | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E3.47 | Northern boreal alluvial meadows | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E3.47 | Northern boreal alluvial meadows | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E3.47 | Northern boreal alluvial meadows | same |