Concept: Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/C3.55
Preferred label	Sparsely vegetated river gravel banks
Definition	Vascular plant communities occupying gravel deposits of rivers, including pioneer vegetation and subsequent stages in the colonization sequence. Early-stage communities of Alpide, boreal and Mediterranean watercourses are specialised, those of nemoral lowlands and hills are related to other formations, in particular those of unit E3. Vegetation communites of e.g. [Thlaspietea rotundifolii] – [Glaucion flavi] and [Salicion eleagno-daphnoidis], with the most typical species [Caltha palustris ssp. laeta], [Salix elaeagnos], [Salix purpurea] and [Poa trivialis].
Notation	C3.55
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	C3.5 (Periodically inundated shores with pioneer and ephemeral vegetation) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	C3.551 (Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats) in biodiversity/eunishabitats C3.552 (Montane river gravel habitats) in biodiversity/eunishabitats C3.553 (Mediterranean river gravel habitats) in biodiversity/eunishabitats C3.554 (Northern lowland river gravel communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/760