Riverine scrub
Description (English)
Scrub of broad-leaved willows, e.g. Salix aurita, Salix cinerea, Salix pentandra, beside rivers. Scrub of Alnus spp. and narrow-leaved willows, e.g. Salix elaeagnos, where these are less than 5 m tall. Riverside scrub of Hippophae rhamnoides and Myricaria germanica. Excludes riversides dominated by taller narrow-leaved willows Salix alba, Salix purpurea, Salix viminalis (G1.1).
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code F9.1 |
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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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Rubo caesii-Amorphion fruticosae Shevchyk et Solomakha in Shevchyk et al. 1996 | Riparian scrub on temporarily flooded gleyic soils of central Ukraine | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Salicion cantabricae Rivas-Mart., T.E. Díaz et Penas in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011 | Northern Iberian themo-supramediterranean riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-rich rivers | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Artemisio dniproicae-Salicion acutifoliae Shevchyk et Solomakha in Shevchyk et al. 1996 | Willow scrub on riverine dunes of central Ukraine | Agrostio vinealis–Salicion acutifoliae Bulokhov 2005 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Salicion discolori-neotrichae Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002 | Iberian themo-supramediterranean riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-rich rivers | Salicion triandro-neotrichae Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958; Salicion triandro-fragilis Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958 corr. O. de Bolòs 1983 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Salicion salvifoliae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984 | Western Iberian themo-supramediterranean riparian riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-poor rivers | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Salicion triandrae T. Müller et Görs 1958 | Willow scrub of lowland to sub-montane stream banks with loamy-sandy sediments of nemoral zone of Europe | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Salicion eleagno-daphnoidis (Moor 1958) Grass 1993 | Willow scrub of sub-montane to subalpine gravelly stream banks of Alps, Pyrenees and Carpathians | Hippophaion Rübel 1933; Salicion eleagni Moor 1958; Salici elaeagni subsp. elaeagni-Hippophaeion rhamnoidis ssp. fluviatilis de Foucault et Julve in Julve 1993 (orig. form) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Salicion phylicifoliae Dierßen 1992 | Willow scrub of montane stream banks and deltas in boreal and arctic zones of Europe and of Greenland | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Salicion pedicellatae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984 | Southern Iberian, Maghrebinian and Calabro-Sicilian themo-supramediterranean riparian alluvial willow scrub along mineral-rich rivers | Salicion pedicellatae Galán de Meran, Pérez Latorre et Cabezudo in Pérez Latorre et al. 1999; Salicion pedicellatae (Ubaldi 2003) Poldini et al. 2011 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Hippophae rhamnoides | Flowering Plants | |
Myricaria germanica | Flowering Plants | |
Salix alba | Flowering Plants | |
Salix aurita | Flowering Plants | |
Salix cinerea | Flowering Plants | |
Salix elaeagnos | Flowering Plants | |
Salix pentandra | Flowering Plants | |
Salix purpurea | Flowering Plants | |
Salix viminalis | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 44.1 | Riparian willow formations | overlap |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.2. | Moors and heathland | n/a |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | A22 | Scrub: scattered | overlap |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | A21 | Scrub: dense/continuous | overlap |
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) | 1 | Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland | wider |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 5.3.6 | Saulaie buissonnante alluviale | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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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 |