Concept: Northern boreal alluvial meadows in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/E3.47
Preferred label Northern boreal alluvial meadows
Definition Meadows along large rivers with placid river sections which are frozen every winter, are affected by flooding in spring. The traditional management as hay meadows has usually ceased. They are not yet severely overgrown with trees and bushes. Distributed in Finland, Sweden. Includes several vegetation types which vary according to the moisture (flooding) gradient: alluvial meadows dominated by [Equisetum fluviatile], [Carex acuta], [Carex aquatilis], [Calamagrostis], [Phalaris], [Deschampsia cespitosa], or tall-herbs, and dry alluvial meadows. Other species: [Convallaria majalis], [Elymus fibrosus], [Elymus mutabilis], [Festuca ovina], [Galium boreale], [Molinia caerulea], [Nardus stricta], [Salix triandra], [Solidago virgaurea], [Thalictrum simplex ssp. boreale] and [Trollius europaeus].
Notation E3.47
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
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