Mediterranean riparian woodland
Description (English)
Alluvial forests and gallery woods of the mediterranean region. Dominance may be of a single species, of few species or mixed with many species including Fraxinus, Liquidambar, Platanus, Populus, Salix, Ulmus. Excludes mediterranean Salix woods (G1.1) and shrubby riparian vegetation (F9.3).
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code G1.3 |
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Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Name | Definition | Alternatives | Reftext |
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Lauro nobilis-Fraxinion angustifoliae I. Kárpáti et Kárpáti 1961 | Riparian gallery forests withh relict laurisilva elements of eastern submediterranean regions of Apenninian and Balkan Peninsulas | Fraxinion angustifoliae Pedrotti 1970; Populion albae P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968; Lauro nobilis-Fraxinion angustifoliae I. Kárpáti 1962; Lauro nobilis-Fraxinion oxycarpae I. Kárpáti et Kárpáti 1961 nom. mut. (sensu Brullo & Spampinato 1999); Fraxino angustifoliae-Populion P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Salicion canariensis Rivas-Mart. et al. ex Rivas-Mart., Fernández González et Lodi 1999 | Canarian willow woodlands on silt-rich alluvia or recent landslides and beds of irregular streams of Madeira and Canary Islands | Salicion canariensis Rivas-Mart. et al. 1993 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Osmundo-Alnion glutinosae (Br.-Bl. et al. 1956) Dierschke et Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 1975 | Alder and willow riparian forests fo Western Mediterranean | Alnion lusitanicum Br.-Bl. et al. 1956; Caricion microcarpae Gamisans 1975; Caricion microcarpae Gamisans 1977; Osmundo-Alnion (Braun-Blanquet et al.1956) Dierschke et Rivas- Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 1975 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Rhododendro pontici-Prunion lusitanicae A.V. Pérez, Galán et Cabezudo in A.V. Pérez et al. 1999 | South Iberian riparian gallery forest with relict laurisilva elements | Scrophulario laxiflorae-Rhododendrion pontici Pérez Latorre, Galán de Mera et Cabezudo in Cabezudo et Pérez Latorre 2001 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Platanion orientalis I. Kárpáti et V. Kárpáti 1961 | Platanus riparian gallery forests of Eastern Mediterranean | Platanion orientalis I. Kárpáti 1962 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Populion albae Br.-Bl. ex Tchou Yen-Tcheng 1949 | Riparian gallery forests o submediterranean regions of southern France and Iberian Peninsula | Fraxino angustifoliae ssp. angustifoliae-Populion albae Julve 1993 (orig. form); Clematido cirrhosae-Populion albae Bensettiti 1999; Fraxino-Quercion pyrenaicae Rivas Goday 1964; Populion albae Br.-Bl. 1931; Populion albae Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943; Populion albae Br.-Bl. ex Tchou Yen-Tcheng 1948; Populion albae de Bannes-Puygiron 1933; Saponario officinalis-Populion albae (Br.-Bl. ex Tchou Yen-Tcheng 1948) Bensettiti 1999 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 44.7 | Oriental plane and sweet gum woods | narrower |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 44.6 | Mediterraneo-Turanian riverine forests | narrower |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.1.1. | Broad-leaved forest | n/a |
BEAR Forest Types for Biodiversity Assessment | 24 | Mediterranean and Macaronesian riverine woodlands and gallery forests | overlap |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.3 | Mediterranean riparian woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.3 | Mediterranean Populus, Fraxinus, Ulmus and related riparian woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.3 | Mediterranean Populus, Fraxinus, Ulmus and related riparian woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.3 | Mediterranean Populus, Fraxinus, Ulmus and related riparian woodland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.3 | Mediterranean riverine woodland and thickets | same |