Temperate Salix and Populus riparian forest
Description (English)
Riparian forests dominated by willows (Salix spp.) and poplars (Populus spp.) of periodically-inundated terraces and shoals with deposition of nutrient-rich alluvium in the active floodplains of rivers through the lowlands of the temperate, submediterranean and steppe zones of Europe.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T11 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Salix alba | Flowering Plants | |
Populus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Humulus lupulus | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus caesius | Flowering Plants | |
Urtica dioica | Flowering Plants | |
Populus alba | Flowering Plants | |
Glechoma hederacea | Flowering Plants | |
Impatiens glandulifera | Flowering Plants | |
Calystegia sepium | Flowering Plants | |
Salix triandra | Flowering Plants | |
Symphytum officinale | Flowering Plants | |
Salix purpurea | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Urtica dioica | Flowering Plants | |
Salix alba | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus caesius | Flowering Plants | |
Galium aparine | Flowering Plants | |
Glechoma hederacea | Flowering Plants | |
Populus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Calystegia sepium | Flowering Plants | |
Ranunculus repens | Flowering Plants | |
Humulus lupulus | Flowering Plants | |
Sambucus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Cornus sanguinea | Flowering Plants | |
Solanum dulcamara | Flowering Plants | |
Aegopodium podagraria | Flowering Plants | |
Alnus glutinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Symphytum officinale | Flowering Plants | |
Crataegus monogyna | Flowering Plants | |
Salix purpurea | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Salix alba | Flowering Plants | |
Urtica dioica | Flowering Plants | |
Populus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus caesius | Flowering Plants | |
Populus alba | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.1 | Riparian and gallery woodland, with dominant Alnus, Betula, Populus or Salix | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | G1.1 | Temperate and boreal softwood riparian woodland | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.1 | Riparian and gallery woodland, with dominant Alnus, Betula, Populus or Salix | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.1 | Riparian Salix, Alnus and Betula woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.1 | Riparian Salix, Alnus and Betula woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.1 | Riparian Salix, Alnus and Betula woodland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.1 | Riparian woodland with Salix, Alnus or Betula | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.1 | Gallery forests with willow, alder or birch | same |