Small-reed river gravel communities
Description (English)
Closed or lacunar assemblies of often large herbaceous or suffrutescent pioneering plants colonizing montane and submontane gravel beds loaded with finer sands or silts of unregulated streams of the Alpine system and its vicinity. Calamagrostis pseudophragmites is usually dominant, seedlings of montane and dealpine willows, characteristic of C3.5521, often absent.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code C3.5522 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (C3.55) |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Calamagrostis pseudophragmites | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 24.2222 | Small-reed river gravel communities | source |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | C3.5522 | Small-reed river gravel communities | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | C3.5522 | Small-reed river gravel communities | same |