IBEROATLANTICA

Description

Waterlogged habitats dominated by tall helophytes in the mesotrophic to eutrophic, periodically exposed margins of still or slow-flowing water bodies.

Protection

This habitat is not protected under the EU Habitat Directive.

Floristic Composition

Frequent species

Lythrum salicaria 40%, Phragmites australis 39%, Schoenoplectus lacustris 31%, Calystegia sepium 24%, Iris pseudacorus 24%, Bolboschoenus maritimus 23%, Galium palustre 23%, Lycopus europaeus 22%, Mentha aquatica 17%, Typha latifolia 17%, Agrostis stolonifera 17%, Juncus maritimus 15%, Helosciadium nodiflorum 14%, Lysimachia vulgaris 14%, Cyperus longus 12%, Sparganium neglectum 12%, Eleocharis palustris 11%, Sparganium erectum 11%, Samolus valerandi 11%, Carex elata 11%, Typha domingensis 10%, Rumex conglomeratus 10%, Juncus effusus 9%, Carex paniculata 9%, Oenanthe crocata 9%, Phalaroides arundinacea 9%, Solanum dulcamara 8%, Lotus pedunculatus 8%, Carex riparia 8%, Persicaria lapathifolia 7%, Scrophularia auriculata 7%, Hydrocotyle vulgaris 7%, Epilobium hirsutum 7%, Jacobaea aquatica 6%, Alisma plantago-aquatica 6%, Nasturtium officinale 6%, Atriplex prostrata 6%, Eupatorium cannabinum 5%, Mentha suaveolens 5%, Cotula coronopifolia 5%, Epilobium parviflorum 5%, Persicaria hydropiper 5%, Filipendula ulmaria 5%, Salix atrocinerea 5%, Poa trivialis 5% view more...

Indicator species

Phragmites australis 0.39, Lythrum salicaria 0.35, Schoenoplectus lacustris 0.31, Bolboschoenus maritimus 0.23, Iris pseudacorus 0.23, Calystegia sepium 0.21, Lycopus europaeus 0.2, Galium palustre 0.19, Typha latifolia 0.17, Juncus maritimus 0.15, Mentha aquatica 0.14, Lysimachia vulgaris 0.14, Agrostis stolonifera 0.12, Cyperus longus 0.11, Sparganium erectum 0.11, Sparganium neglectum 0.11, Carex elata 0.11, Typha domingensis 0.1, Carex paniculata 0.09, Samolus valerandi 0.09, Phalaroides arundinacea 0.08, Solanum dulcamara 0.08, Carex riparia 0.08, Epilobium hirsutum 0.06, Juncus effusus 0.06, Rumex conglomeratus 0.06, Atriplex prostrata 0.05, Alisma plantago-aquatica 0.05, Eupatorium cannabinum 0.05, Filipendula ulmaria 0.05, Cochlearia aestuaria 0.04, Cotula coronopifolia 0.04, Salix atrocinerea 0.04, Apium graveolens 0.04, Scirpoides holoschoenus 0.04, Elytrigia atherica 0.04, Scutellaria galericulata 0.04, Tripolium pannonicum 0.04, Leersia oryzoides 0.04, Pulicaria dysenterica 0.04, Jacobaea aquatica 0.04, Mentha suaveolens 0.04, Hydrocotyle vulgaris 0.04, Carex pseudocyperus 0.03, Althaea officinalis 0.03, Symphyotrichum squamatum 0.03, Hypericum tetrapterum 0.03, Scrophularia auriculata 0.03, Triglochin maritima 0.03, Salix purpurea 0.03 view more...

Phytosociology

Cladietum marisci
Irido pseudacori-Caricetum lusitanicae
Lythro salicariae-Caricetum ripariae
Phragmito australis-Bolboschoenetum maritimi
Schoenoplecto lacustris-Phragmitetum australis
Typho angustifoliae-Phragmitetum australis

Relations with other habitat types

These communities (sometimes fringing, unlike Q531, riparian forests of unit T111) are generally dominated in each site by clonal beds of a single species, without much ecological difference between the stands of each one. Therefore, creating a new umbrella regional unit is the most operational solution at level IV, by contrast with the very analytical original EUNIS treatment. Halophytic stands (see MA223) should be excluded anyway.