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Concept: Riverine [Fraxinus] - [Alnus] woodland, wet at high but not at low water in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G1.21
Preferred label Riverine [Fraxinus] - [Alnus] woodland, wet at high but not at low water
Definition Riparian forests of [Fraxinus excelsior] and [Alnus glutinosa], sometimes [Alnus incana], of middle European and northern Iberian lowland or hill watercourses, on soils periodically inundated by the annual rise of the river level, but otherwise well-drained and aerated during low-water; they differ from riparian alder woods within unitsG1.41 and G1.52 by the strong representation in the dominated layers of forest species not able to grow in permanently waterlogged soils.
Notation G1.21
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
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