Phragmites australis beds

English name: Common reed (Phragmites) beds

Description (English)

Communities of the margins of Palaearctic lakes, inland seas and sea inlets, rivers and brooks, eutrophic marshes and swamps dominated by Phragmites australis.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code C3.21
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (C3.2)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Phragmites australis
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Phragmites australis Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 53.11 Common reed beds wider
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 6.1.3.3 Bulrush type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 6.1.2.6 Eleocharis palustris type with thin Common Reed n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.3.1.1 Common Reed-Rush type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 6.1.3.2 Common Reed - Common Club-rush type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 6.1.1 Sparse reed vegetation n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 6.1.3.4 Dense Common Reed type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.2.2.3 Common Reed-Red Fescue type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 6.1.3.1 Common Club-rush type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 6.1.3.5 Grey Club-rush type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 3.3.4.2 Common Reed-Scirpus type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.2.4.1b Common Reed-Creeping Bent variant n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) S4 Phragmites australis swamp and reed-beds wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 2.1.2.1 Roselière lacustre wider
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 C3.21 Phragmites australis beds same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 C3.21 Phragmites australis beds same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 C3.21 Phragmites australis beds same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 C3.21 Phragmites australis beds same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 C3.21 Phragmites australis beds same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 C3.21 Common reed beds same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 53.11 Common reed beds wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 53.11 Common reed beds wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 53.11   wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 53.11   wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 53.11   wider
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 53.11   wider
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