| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/C3.5521 |
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| Preferred label | River gravel chondrilla communities |
| Definition | Open and often unstable assemblies of herbaceous or suffrutescent pioneering plants, rich in casual immigrants from higher altitudes, colonizing gravel beds of the montane reaches of unregulated Alpine streams, with [Chondrilla chondrilloides], often accompanied by [Erucastrum nasturtiifolium], [Gypsophila repens], [Dryas octopetala], [Aethionema saxatile], [Epilobium dodonaei], [Erigeron acer], [Leontodon berinii], [Buphthalmum salicifolium], [Euphorbia cyparissias], [Fumana procumbens], [Agrostis gigantea], [Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. alpestris], [Campanula cochlearifolia], [Hieracium piloselloides], [Calamagrostis pseudophragmites], [Conyza canadensis], [Pritzelago alpina], and seedlings of [Salix elaeagnos], [Salix purpurea], [Salix daphnoides] and [Myricaria germanica]. Because of widespread interference with natural flow regimes, these formations are gravely endangered. |
| Notation | C3.5521 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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