Lowland and collinar riverine [Salix] scrub
Common name:
Lowland and collinar riverine willow scrub
Habitat code:
F9.12
Description:
Linear shrubby willow ([Salix] spp.) formations of river banks in plains, hills and low mountains of the western nemoral, eastern nemoral, boreal, warm-temperate, mediterranean, steppic and cold desert regions of the Palaearctic, extending to the montane level in the mediterranean region, and to the confines of the subtropical deserts.
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Salix sp. Linnaeus, 1753 | Genus mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
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Bern Convention 1996 | Riparian willow formations | 44.1 |
EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
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F9.128 | Continental riverine willow scrub | Continental riverine willow scrub |
F9.129 | Boreal riverine willow scrub | Boreal riverine willow scrub |
F9.121 | Almond willow-osier scrub | Almond willow-osier scrub |
F9.122 | Western Mediterranean purple willow scrub | Western Mediterranean purple willow scrub |
F9.123 | Balkan riverine willow scrub | Balkan riverine willow scrub |
F9.124 | Ibero-montane riverine willow scrub | Ibero-montane riverine willow scrub |
F9.125 | Cantabrian willow scrub | Cantabrian willow scrub |
F9.126 | Iberian sage-leaved willow scrub | Iberian sage-leaved willow scrub |
F9.127 | Pedicellated willow scrub | Pedicellated willow scrub |