Eastern European poplar-willow forests

English name: Eastern European poplar-willow forests

Description (English)

Arborescent galleries of tall Salix alba, Salix fragilis, Salix x rubens, Populus nigra and sometimes Populus alba, lining lowland, hill or submontane rivers of nemoral and boreonemoral Eastern Europe and of eastern and southeastern Central Europe, including eastern Germany, the Baltic States, Poland, the Czech Repubic, Slovakia, the nemoral parts of Danubian and Balkan states, nemoral Belarus, the Ukraine and Russia, east to Bashkiria.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G1.1112
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G1.11)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Populus alba
Flowering Plants Populus nigra
Flowering Plants Salix alba
Flowering Plants Salix fragilis
Flowering Plants Salix x rubens
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Populus alba Flowering Plants
Populus nigra Flowering Plants
Salix alba Flowering Plants
Salix fragilis Flowering Plants
Salix x rubens Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 44.132 Eastern European poplar-willow forests source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G1.1112 Eastern European poplar-willow forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G1.1112 Eastern European poplar-willow forests same
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