Riparian vegetation are plants (trees, shrubs, ground covers and grasses) which grow on the banks and floodplains of rivers and other waterbodies. A 'healthy' riparian zone is characterised by a homogeneous mix of plant species (usually native to the area) of various ages. This zone is important in protecting water quality and sustaining the aquatic life of rivers.
The vegetation along a watercourse which is distinguished from other vegetation by its dependence on the combination of soil moisture and other environmental factors provided by a permanent or intermittent stream.
Vegetation that exists on a river or stream bank
vegetation situated on a river or stream bank (See also riparian zone)
Vegetation/plants along a waterway or on land which adjoins and influences a waterway
vegetation growing on the water line, up the bank or along the very top of the bank. It is the vegetation which has the most direct affect on instream biota. rock: bed rock.
Vegetation that is present on the banks of a river or stream or on the shore of a lake.
Vegetation growing in close proximity to a watercourse, lake, or spring and dependent on its roots reaching the water table during some portion of the year.
A water-influenced plant community; water loving plants along stream banks such as willows and cottonwoods.
vegetation that frequents, grows on, or lives on the banks of streams or rivers
The plants that grow rooted in the water table of a nearby wetland area such as a river, stream, reservoir, pond, spring, marsh, bog, meadow, etc.
Of, adjacent to, or living on, the bank of a river or, sometimes, of a lake, pond, etc.
Vegetation growing on the banks of a stream or other body of surface water.