Water-fringing stands of tall vegetation by lakes (including brackish lakes), rivers and brooks, usually species-poor and often dominated by one species. Includes stands of Carex spp., Cladium mariscus, Equisetum fluviatile, Glyceria maxima, Hippuris vulgaris, Phragmites australis, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Schoenoplectus spp., Sparganium spp. and Typha spp. Excludes terrestrialized reed and sedge beds which are not at the water's edge (D5.1, D5.2).
Formations of clubrushes (Scirpus spp.), often accompanied by rushes (Juncus spp.), fringing, to a depth of 1.5 metres, brackish, saline, or sometimes fresh, waters of coastal saltmarshes, coastal lagoons, athalassic saline waterbodies, springs, salt meadows, fens and tidal rivers. Scirpus tabernaemontani (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani), Scirpus maritimus (Bolboschoenus maritimus), Scirpus triqueter, Scirpus litoralis, Scirpus pungens, with, in particular, Juncus gerardi and Juncus maritimus, are typical components.