Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses
English name:
Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses
Description (English)
Permanent water courses with non-turbulent water and their associated animal and microscopic algal pelagic and benthic communities. Slow-flowing rivers, streams, brooks, rivulets and rills; also fast-flowing rivers with laminar flow. The bed is typically composed of sand or mud. Features of the river bed, uncovered by low water or permanently emerging, such as sand or mud islands and bars are treated as the littoral zone (C3). Includes mid and low-altitude streams as defined by the Water Framework Directive.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code C2.3 |
|---|---|
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
| Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation | 3260 | Overlap | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
| Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potamogetonion Libbert 1931 | Vegetation of rooted and floating macrophyte potamogetonid communities of Eurasia | Magno-Potamion eurosibiricum Vollmar 1947 (orig. form); Elodeion De Lange 1972; Elodeo-Potamion crispi Passarge 1996; Eu-Potamion (Koch 1926) Oberd. 1957 (orig. form); Junco-Potamion polygonifolii Passarge 1996; Najadion Passarge 1978; Najadion marinae Lakušic 1975; Potamion Miljan 1933; Potamion alpini Lakušic 1975; Potamion eurosibiricum Br.-Bl. 1931 (orig. form); Potamion eurosibiricum Koch 1926 p.p. (orig. form); Potamion eurosibiricum Nordhagen 1936 (orig. form); Potamion graminei Westhoff et Den Held 1969; Potamion lucentis Vollmar 1947 (orig. form); Potamion natanti-obtusifolii Passarge 1996; Potamion natantis Lakušic 1975; Potamion pectinati Oberd. 1957 (orig. form); Potamion perfoliati Lakušic 1975; Potamion polygonifolii Den Hartog et Segal 1964; Potamion pusilli Vollmar 1947 (orig. form); Potamogetonion lucentis Rivas-Mart. 1973; Zannichellion palustris Passarge 1978; Zannichellion pedunculatae Segal 1963 p.p.; Potamion pusilli Wiegleb ex Vahle in Preising et al. 1990; Parvo-Potamion eurosibiricum Vollmar 1947 (orig. form); Potamion crispi (Den Hartog et Segal 1964) Rivas-Mart. 1973 (orig. form); Parvo-Potamion (Vollmar 1947) Den Hartog et Segal 1964 (orig. form); Potamion pectinati Koch 1926 corr. Görs in Oberd. et al. 1977 (orig. form); Potamion pusilli (Vollmar 1947) Den Hartog et Segal 1964 (orig. form); Magno-Potamion (Vollmar 1947) Den Hartog et Segal 1964 (orig. form); Potamion lutescentis (Koch 1926) Rivas-Mart. 1973 (sensu Costa et al. 2012) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Ranunculion aquatilis Passarge 1964 | Vegetation of crosswort rooted macrophyte communities of shallow stagnant freshwaters temperate Europe | Lemno-Callitrichion Passarge 1992; Lemno-Callitrichion Passarge 1996; Ranunculion peltati Schaminée et al. 1990; Batrachion aquatilis Passarge 1964 nom. mut. propos.; Callitricho-Batrachion Den Hartog et Segal 1964 p.p. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Batrachion fluitantis Neuhäusl 1959 | Vegetation of crowfoot and milfoil rooted macrophyte communities of shallow moving freshwaters of Europe | Ranunculion fluitantis Neuhäusl 1959 nom. mut. propos.; Callitricho-Batrachion Den Hartog et Segal 1964 p.p. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Nymphaeion albae Oberd. 1957 | Vegetation of rooted leaf-floating macrophytes of sheltered nutrient-rich freshwaters of Europe | Nymphoidion peltatae Passarge 1992; Potamion eurosibiricum Koch 1926 p.p.; Utriculario minoris-Nymphaeion candidae Vahle in Preising et al. 1990 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 24.1 | Rivers and streams | wider |
| CORINE Land Cover | 5.1.1. | Water courses | n/a |
| Ramsar Wetland Types | M | Permanent rivers/streams/creeks | wider |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 1.2.1 | Zone de la brême et du barbeau (épipotamon) | wider |
| Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 8142300 | Rameno mrtve (pleisiopotamál) | n/a |
| Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 8140000 | Nižinný tok (potamál) | n/a |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | C2.3 | Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | C2.3 | Permanent non-tidal, slow, smooth-flowing watercourses | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | C2.3 | Permanent non-tidal, slow, smooth-flowing watercourses | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | C2.3 | Permanent non-tidal, slow, smooth-flowing watercourses | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 24.1 | Part of Rivers and streams | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 24.1 | Part of Rivers and streams | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 24.1 | wider | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 24.1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 24.1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 24.1 | wider |
