Temperate riparian scrub
Description (English)
Scrub of Salix spp. and Myricaria germanica developed on the mineral sediments of banks, shoals and gravel bars of lowland to montane streams through the temperate zone, re-establishing after seasonal flooding or succeeding to riparian and gallery forest where the sediments stabilise.
Remark: Salix acutifolia scrub in Ukraine, occurring not only in floodplains, needs to be considered as potential new habitat.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S91 |
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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 purpurea | Flowering Plants | |
Salix triandra | Flowering Plants | |
Salix viminalis | Flowering Plants | |
Myricaria germanica | Flowering Plants | |
Salix salviifolia | 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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Salix purpurea | Flowering Plants | |
Urtica dioica | Flowering Plants | |
Salix triandra | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus caesius | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Ranunculus repens | Flowering Plants | |
Solanum dulcamara | Flowering Plants | |
Calystegia sepium | Flowering Plants | |
Galium aparine | Flowering Plants | |
Salix viminalis | Flowering Plants | |
Equisetum arvense | Ferns | |
Hippophae rhamnoides | Flowering Plants | |
Dactylis glomerata | Flowering Plants | |
Tussilago farfara | Flowering Plants | |
Lythrum salicaria | 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 purpurea | Flowering Plants | |
Salix triandra | Flowering Plants | |
Hippophae rhamnoides | Flowering Plants | |
Salix viminalis | Flowering Plants | |
Urtica dioica | Flowering Plants | |
Myricaria germanica | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F9.1 | Riverine scrub | same |
European Red List of Habitats | F9.1 | Temperate and boreal riparian scrub | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F9.1 | Riverine scrub | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F9.1 | Riverine and lakeshore Salix scrub | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F9.1 | Riverine and lakeshore Salix scrub | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F9.1 | Riverine and lakeshore Salix scrub | same |