Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses
Common name:
Permanent non-tidal, smooth-flowing watercourses
Habitat code:
C2.3
Description:
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.
References:
Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E., 2004
Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
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EU Habitats Directive Annex I | Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion | 3260 |
EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
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C2.33 | Mesotrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers | Mesotrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers |
C2.34 | Eutrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers | Eutrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers |
C2.31 | Epipotamal streams | Epipotamal streams |
C2.32 | Metapotamal and hypopotamal streams | Metapotamal and hypopotamal streams |