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Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks
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| English name | Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks |
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| EUNIS habitat type code | C3.55 | Level | 4 |
| Edition | EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions. | ||
Description ( English )
Vascular plant communities occupying gravel deposits of rivers, including pioneer vegetation and subsequent stages in the colonization sequence. Early-stage communities of Alpide, boreal and Mediterranean watercourses are specialised, those of nemoral lowlands and hills are related to other formations, in particular those of unit E3. Vegetation communites of e.g. [Thlaspietea rotundifolii] – [Glaucion flavi] and [Salicion eleagno-daphnoidis], with the most typical species [Caltha palustris ssp. laeta], [Salix elaeagnos], [Salix purpurea] and [Poa trivialis].
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Relationships with other classifications
| Classification | Code | Title | Relation type |
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| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | C3.55 | Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | C3.55 | Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | C3.55 | Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | C3.55 | Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | C3.65 | Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | C3.59 | Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 24.22 | River gravel communities | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 24.22 | Vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 24.22 | Vegetated river gravel banks | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 24.22 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 24.22 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 24.22 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 24.22 | same | |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.3. | Sparsely vegetated areas | n/a |
| Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 7.2.1.3 | Hippophaë rhamnoides-type | n/a |
| Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 7.2.1.2 | Myricaria germanica type | n/a |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 3.2.1.1 | Alluvions avec végétation pionnière herbacée | same |
| Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 | M4.2 | ŠTĚRKOVÉ NÁPLAVY S ŽIDOVINÍKEM NĚMECKÝM (MYRICARIA GERMANICA) (River gravel banks with Myricaria germanica) | overlap |
| C | Inland surface waters |
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| C3 | Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies |
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| C3.5 | Periodically inundated shores with pioneer and ephemeral vegetation | Parent |
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