Concept: Unvegetated river gravel banks in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/C3.62
Preferred label Unvegetated river gravel banks
Definition Unvegetated deposit beds of streams formed of pebbles, gravels, boulders or a mixture of gravels and finer sediments, occupying the edges of the stream, forming islands in the channel or supporting the arms and rivulets constituting the stream, together with their associated animal communities. Corresponding habitats with pioneer or ephemeral vascular vegetation are included in unit C3.55 and their succession leads to willow woodland (G1.11).
Notation C3.62
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note
  • Physis habitat from which the description is taken includes this EUNIS habitat
Has broader
Has exact match