Greek Biodiversity
Community-Biotope

Flowering rush communities

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Common name:
Flowering rush communities
Habitat code:
C3.245
Description:

Usually open communities of the margins of Palaearctic lakes, rivers and brooks dominated by, or rich in, [Butomus umbellatus], characteristic of strongly fluctuating still or slow-flowing base- and mineral-rich waters.

References:
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001 Dafis S., E. Papastergiadou, K. Georghiou, D. Babalonas, T. Georgiadis, M. Papageorgiou, T. Lazaridou & V. Tsiaoussi, 1996
Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Butomus umbellatus Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
GR2120003 GR2120003 Limni Limnopoula Paramithias