EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > C - Inland surface waters > C3 - Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies > C3.4 - Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation

Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation

English name: Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation

Description (English)

Includes isoetids of the shores of oligotrophic lakes, Nasturtium aquaticum by streams, mediterranean dwarf Scirpus swards, and other species-poor but dissimilar types of vegetation.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code C3.4
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

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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	Coastal lagoons	1150	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)	3110	Overlap
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	Oligothrophic waters containing very few minerals generally on sandy soils of the West Mediterranean, with Isoetes spp	3120	Overlap
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	Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoeto-Nanojuncetea	3130	Overlap
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	Mediterranean temporary ponds	3170	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Deschampsion litoralis Oberd. et Dierßen in Dierßen 1975	Pioneer vegetation of dry upper littoral of large low-altitude glacial lakes northern and southern rims of Alps		Schaminee et al, 2012
Littorellion uniflorae Koch ex Klika 1935	Vegetation of amphibious plants in fluctuating shallow oligothrophic and mesotrophic waters of temperate and boreal Europe	Apio-Pilularion globuliferae Schoof van Pelt 1973; Elatini-Eleocharition acicularis Pietsch 1965; Eleocharition acicularis Pietsch 1965; Eleocharition acicularis Pietsch 1966; Eleocharition acicularis Pietsch 1967; Eleocharition acicularis Pietsch ex Dierßen 1975; Eu-Littorellion uniflorae (Koch 1926) Pietsch 1977; Littorellion Sauer 1937; Littorellion uniflorae Koch 1926; Littorellion uniflorae Malcuit 1929	Schaminee et al, 2012
Lobelion dortmannae Vanden Berghen 1964	Temperate-boreal amphibious Lobelia and Isoëtes communities of nutrient-poor standing waters of oceanic Europe	Littorellion uniflorae Koch ex Tx. 1937; Lobelio dortmannae-Isoëtion Pietsch 1965; Lobelio-Isoëtion Pietsch 1966; Myriophyllo alternifolii-Lobelion dortmannae Tx. et Dierßen in Dierßen 1972; Ranunculion reptantis Tx. et al. in Dierßen 1972	Schaminee et al, 2012
Rorippion islandicae Béguin et Theurillat ined.	Pioneer vegetation of cryoturbated loamy-sandy edges of high-altitude shallow oligotrophic glacial lakes inundated by snow-melt of Alps		Schaminee et al, 2012
Subularion aquaticae Hadac 1971	Vegetation of Subularia- and Isoëtes-rich amphibious communities of oceanic North Europe and mountain areas of Central Europe and Central Balkans	Isoëtion lacustris Nordhagen 1936; Subulario-Isoëtion Pietsch 1977; Subulario aquaticae-Isoëtion echinospori Pietsch 1977 corr. Rivas-Mart. et G. Navarro 1986	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	4.1.1.	Inland marshes	n/a
CORINE Land Cover	2.1.2.	Permanently irrigated land	n/a
HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998	03.07.03.01	Coastal wetlands and meadows: swamps: with low vegetation	narrower
Ramsar Wetland Types	Tp	Permanent freshwater marshes/pools	wider
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	F21	Marginal/inundation: marginal	wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	2.1	Rivages avec végétation	narrower

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	C3.4	Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	C3.4	Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	C3.4	Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	C3.4	Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	C3.5	Water-fringing species-poor helophyte beds (excluding grasses, sedges and canes)	same

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