EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > C - Inland surface waters > C3 - Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies > C3.5 - Periodically inundated shores with pioneer and ephemeral vegetation

Periodically inundated shores with pioneer and ephemeral vegetation

English name: Periodically inundated shores with pioneer and ephemeral vegetation

Description (English)

Muddy, sandy and gravelly shores and dried-up bottoms of lakes and rivers, with moderate cover of vascular plants. These include annuals (e.g. Bidens spp., Cyperus spp., Persicaria spp.), developing during the exposure phase as well as perennials tolerant of temporary total immersion.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code C3.5
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	Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoeto-Nanojuncetea	3130	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 the herbaceous vegetation along their banks	3220	Wider
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	Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Glaucium flavum	3250	Wider
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	Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri pp and Bidention pp vegetation	3270	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Bidention tripartitae Nordhagen ex Klika et Hadac 1944	Summer-annual pioneer vegetation of periodically nutrient-rich river banks and drained muddy bottoms of eutrophic lakes of boreo-temperate Europe	Polygono-Chenopodion polyspermi Koch 1926 nom. ambig. propos.; Alopecurion aequalis Eber 1975; Bidention tripartitae Nordhagen 1940; Paspalo-Bidention Rivas Goday 1964; Polygono-Chenopodion polyspermi Br.-Bl. 1931	Schaminee et al, 2012
Radiolion linoidis Pietsch 1973	Pioneer vegetation of temporarily flooded nutrient-poor habitats of Central and Western Europe	Cyperion flavescentis (W.Koch 1926) Pietsch 1973; Nanocyperion Libbert 1932 p.p.; Nanocyperion Malcuit 1929; Radiolion linoidis Pietsch 1975; Radiolion linoidis Rivas Goday 1961; Peplidion portulae Pietsch et Müller-Stoll 1974 p.p.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Nanocyperion Koch 1926	Pioneer dwarf cyperaceous vegetation of moist calcium rich substrates of submediterranean and atlantic Europe	Eu-Nanocyperion flavescentis (Koch 1926) Rivas Goday in Rivas Goday et Borja 1961 p.p.; Nanocyperion Libbert 1932 p.p.; Peplidion portulae Pietsch et Müller-Stoll 1974 p.p.; Centaurio pulchelli-Blackstonion perfoliatae de Foucault 1988	Schaminee et al, 2012
Verbenion supinae Slavnic 1951	Pioneer ephemeral vegetation of periodically flooded nitrate-rich habitats in submediterranean regions of Europe	Chlorocyperion glomerati Pietsch in Horvatic 1963; Crypsio alopecuroidis-Cyperion fusci Pietsch 1961; Dichostylion micheliani Pietsch in Horvatic 1963; Fimbristylion dichotomae Horvatic 1954; Menthion pulegii Lakušic et al. 1975; Myosurion minimi Oberd. 1957; Chlorocyperion glomerati Müller-Stoll et Pietsch in T. Müller 1963; Heleochloo-Cyperion micheliani Pietsch et Müller-Stoll 1968; Verbenion supinae Müller-Stoll et Pietsch in T. Müller 1963; Fimbristylion dichotomae Müller-Stoll et Pietsch in T. Müller 1963	Schaminee et al, 2012
Cypero-Spergularion salinae Slavnic 1948	Pioneer ephemeral dwarf-grass vegetation of periodically flooded saline habitats in subcontinental Central and Eastern Europe	Crypsion aculeatae Pignatti 1953	Schaminee et al, 2012
Paspalo-Agrostion semiverticillati Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952	Summer-annual pioneer vegetation of periodically flooded subsaline nutrient-rich river alluvia of the Mediterranean of Europe and North Africa	Paspalo-Polypogonion viridis Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 nom. mut. propos.; Paspalo-Polypogonion semiverticillati Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Eleocharition soloniensis Philippi 1968	Pioneer ephemeral vegetation of temporarily flooded mesotrophic to eutrophic habitats of Central Europe, temperate Asia and North America	Gnaphalio-Juncion bufonii (Philippi 1968) Passarge 1978; Elatino-Eleocharition ovatae Pietsch 1973; Juncion bufonii Philippi 1968; Eleocharition ovatae Philippi 1968 nom. mut. propos.; Cypero-Lindernion dubiae Müller-Stoll et Pietsch in T. Müller 1963; Elatino-Eleocharition ovatae Pietsch et Müller-Stoll 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Lepidion latifolii Golub et Mirkin 1986	Pioneer ephemeral dwarf-grass vegetation of periodically flooded saline habitats in continental Eastern Europe	Polygono salsuginei-Crypsion aculeatae Korzhenevsky et Klyukin 1990	Schaminee et al, 2012
Elatino macropodae-Damasonion alismatis de Foucault 1988	Pioneer ephemeral vegetation of temporary flooded mesotrophic depressions of winter-mild submediterranean and Atlantic regions		Schaminee et al, 2012
Heleochloion schoenioidis Br.-Bl. ex Rivas Goday 1956	Pioneer ephemeral dwarf-grass vegetation of periodically flooded saline habitats in (sub)mediterranean regions of Western Europe and North Africa	Heleochloion schoenioidis Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952	Schaminee et al, 2012
Chenopodion rubri (Tx. in Poli et J. Tx. 1960) Hilbig et Jage 1972	Summer-annual pioneer vegetation of heavily nutrient-loaded and saline ruderal habitats of temperate Europe	Chenopodion rubri (Tx. in Poli et J. Tx. 1960) Kopecký 1969; Chenopodion fluviatile Tx. in Poli et J. Tx. 1960; Chenopodion glauci Hejný 1974; Chenopodion rubri Oberd. et al. 1967; Chenopodion rubri Soó 1968; Chenopodion rubri Soó 1969; Chenopodion rubro-polyspermi Passarge 1978; Chenopodion rubri (Tx. in Poli et J. Tx. 1960) Dobrescu et Kovács 1972	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	22.3	Amphibious macrophyte communities	same
CORINE Land Cover	4.1.1.	Inland marshes	n/a
Ramsar Wetland Types	Ts	Seasonal/intermittent freshwater marshes/pools	wider
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	F22	Marginal/inundation: inundation	wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	3.2.1.1	Alluvions avec végétation pionnière herbacée	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	2.5	Végétation annuelle temporairement inondée	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	C3.5	Periodically inundated shores with pioneer and ephemeral vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	C3.5	Pioneer and ephemeral vegetation of periodically inundated shores	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	C3.5	Pioneer and ephemeral vegetation of periodically inundated shores	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	C3.5	Pioneer and ephemeral vegetation of periodically inundated shores	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	C3.6	Ephemeral vegetation of periodically inundated shores	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	C3.5	Ephemeral or amphibious vegetation of periodically inundated areas	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	22.3	Amphibious macrophyte communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	22.3	Amphibious macrophyte communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	22.3		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	22.3		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	22.3		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	22.3		same

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