EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > F - Heathland, scrub and tundra > F9 - Riverine and fen scrubs > F9.1 - Riverine scrub > F9.11 - Orogenous riverine brush

Orogenous riverine brush

English name: Orogenous riverine brush

Description (English)

Riverside brush of fast, pebbly, summer-high rivers originating in the Alps or other major mountain ranges with similar climate cycle, with Salix spp., Caltha palustris ssp. laeta, Carduus personata, Myricaria germanica and Hippophae rhamnoides. Vegetation of the alliance Salicion eleagno-daphnoidis prevails mostly in narrow valleys with powerful erosion-accumulating activity.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code F9.11
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (F9.1)
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	Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Myricaria germanica	3230	Wider	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)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carduus personata

Flowering Plants Hippophae rhamnoides

Flowering Plants Myricaria germanica

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Carduus personata		Flowering Plants
Hippophae rhamnoides		Flowering Plants
Myricaria germanica		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	44.11	Orogenous riverine brush	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.2.	Moors and heathland	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	5.3.6	Saulaie buissonnante alluviale	wider
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	K2.2	VRBOVÉ KŘOVINY ŠTĚRKOVÝCH NÁPLAVŮ (Willow scrub of river gravel banks)	narrower
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	5120000	Podhorské krovinné vrbiny	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F9.11	Orogenous riverine brush	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F9.11	Orogenous riverine brush	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F9.11	Orogenous riverine brush	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F9.11	Orogenous riverine brush	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	G1.111	Orogenous riverine brush	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	G1.111	Orogenous riverine brush	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	44.11	Orogenous riverine brush	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	44.11	Orogenous riverine brush	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	44.11		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	44.11		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	44.11		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	44.11		same

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