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Concept: Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by [Phragmites australis] in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.541
Preferred label Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by [Phragmites australis]
Definition Permanently low salinity muds or peaty muddy sands with some gravel which supports [Phragmites australis] reed beds. These reed beds are often found in enclosed water bodies influenced by freshwater inflow and may have notable quantities of decaying reed material. The substratum may be mixtures of mud, peaty mud, sand and some gravel. Filamentous green algae and charaphytes such as [Lamprothamnium papulosum] and [Chara aspera] may also be found in association with this biotope as well as a the freshwater quillwort [Myriophyllum] spp. The infaunal component of this biotope is poorly known. This biotope is further described as NVC type S4 (Rodwell 1995).
Notation A5.541
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
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