Ponto-Sarmatic riverine willow scrub
Common name:
Ponto-Sarmatic riverine willow scrub
Habitat code:
F9.1282
Description:
Willow-dominated scrub of banks and shoals of rivers of the Pontic and Sarmatic steppes and wooded steppes of southern Eastern Europe, in particular, of the lower Danube, the lower Prut, the lower Dniestr, the lower Dniepr basin, the lower and middle Don and Donetz system, the lower Volga basin, the Kouma and Terek basins, with [Salix triandra], [Salix cinerea], [Salix daphnoides var. acutifolia] ([Salix acutifolia]), shrubby [Salix alba], [Salix amygdalina], [Salix gmelini], [Salix purpurea], [Salix australior], and [Hippophae rhamnoides].
| Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
|---|---|
| Hippophae rhamnoides L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Salix triandra Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Salix purpurea Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Salix cinerea Linnaus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Salix alba Linnaeus, 1751 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Salix acutifolia Willd. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |