Mixed riparian floodplain and gallery woodland
Description (English)
Mixed riparian forests, sometimes structurally complex and species-rich, of floodplains and of galleries beside slow- and fast-flowing rivers of the nemoral, boreo-nemoral, steppe and submediterranean zones. Gallery woods with Acer, Fraxinus, Prunus or Ulmus, together with species listed for G1.1. Floodplain woodland characterized by mixtures of Alnus, Fraxinus, Populus, Quercus, Ulmus, Salix.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code G1.2 |
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Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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CORINE Land Cover | 3.1.1. | Broad-leaved forest | n/a |
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment | 23 | Flood plain (alluvial and riverine) forests | wider |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | A111 | Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural | overlap |
National Vegetation Classification (UK) | W6 | Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland | not defined |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 6.1.4 | Frênaie humide | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.2 | Mixed riparian floodplain and gallery woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.2 | Fluvial Fraxinus - Alnus and Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.2 | Fluvial Fraxinus - Alnus and Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.2 | Fluvial Fraxinus - Alnus and Quercus - Ulmus - Fraxinus woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.2 | Fluvial Fraxinus-Alnus and Quercus-Ulmus-Fraxinus woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.4 | Fluvial ash-alder and oak-elm-ash woodland | same |