Mediterranean and Macaronesian riparian forest
Description (English)
Deciduous broadleaved forest, most commonly dominated by poplars (Populus), willows (Salix) or oriental plane (Platanus orientalis), on periodically flooded alluvia or gravel terraces and streamsides in humid localities in the Mediterranean and Macaronesia. Also includes streamside forests with Rhododendron ponticum and Betula pendula var. fontqueri in Spain.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code T14 |
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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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Platanus orientalis | Flowering Plants | |
Fraxinus angustifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Arundo donax | Flowering Plants | |
Nerium oleander | Flowering Plants | |
Populus alba | Flowering Plants | |
Vinca difformis | Flowering Plants | |
Vitis vinifera | Flowering Plants | |
Oenanthe crocata | Flowering Plants | |
Arum italicum | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus ulmifolius | Flowering Plants | |
Melissa officinalis | Flowering Plants | |
Populus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Dorycnium rectum | Flowering Plants | |
Salix pedicellata | Flowering Plants | |
Ficus carica | Flowering Plants | |
Flueggea tinctoria | Flowering Plants | |
Dioscorea communis | Flowering Plants | |
Carex pendula | 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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Rubus ulmifolius | Flowering Plants | |
Fraxinus angustifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Brachypodium sylvaticum | Flowering Plants | |
Dioscorea communis | Flowering Plants | |
Hedera helix | Flowering Plants | |
Platanus orientalis | Flowering Plants | |
Nerium oleander | Flowering Plants | |
Arum italicum | Flowering Plants | |
Smilax aspera | Flowering Plants | |
Scirpoides holoschoenus | Flowering Plants | |
Crataegus monogyna | Flowering Plants | |
Populus alba | Flowering Plants | |
Oenanthe crocata | Flowering Plants | |
Alnus glutinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Populus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Vitis vinifera | Flowering Plants | |
Rubia peregrina | Flowering Plants | |
Pteridium aquilinum | Ferns | |
Galium aparine | 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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Platanus orientalis | Flowering Plants | |
Fraxinus angustifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Populus alba | Flowering Plants | |
Alnus glutinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus ulmifolius | Flowering Plants | |
Populus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Salix alba | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.3 | Mediterranean riparian woodland | same |
European Red List of Habitats | G1.3 | Mediterranean and Macaronesian riparian woodland | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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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 |