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Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)

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English name	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)

English name

Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)

NATURA 2000 habitat type code	1320
Originally published code	15.12	Priority	No
Edition	Black Sea Marine Habitat Classification Workshop, May 2007

Description ( English )

Perennial pioneer grasslands of coastal salt muds, formed by [Spartina] or similar grasses. subtypes: Pal. 15.21 - Flat-leaved cordgrass swards: perennial pioneer grasslands of coastal salt muds, dominated by flat-leaved [Spartina maritima], [Spartina townsendii], [Spartina anglica], [Spartina alterniflora]. Pal. 15.22 - Rush-leaved cordgrass swards: perennial pioneer grasslands of southern Iberian coastal salt muds, dominated by the junciform-leaved [Spartina densiflora]. Plant text: Pal.:15.21 - [Spartina maritima], [Spartina alterniflora] Pal.:15.22 - [Spartina densiflora].

Source

European Commission (1999)

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Conservation status 2006 (art. 17)

Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary

Name in other languages

Language	Name
Danish	Spartina-flader (Spartinion maritimae)
German	Schlickgrasbestände (Spartinion maritimae)
Greek	LeimwneV me Jalassia Spartina (Spartinion maritimae)
Spanish	Pastizales de Spartina (Spartinion maritimi)
Finnish	Spartina-merenrantaniityt (Spartinion maritimae)
French	Prés à Spartina (Spartinion maritimae)
Italian	Prati di Spartina (Spartinion maritimae)
Dutch	Schorren met slijkgrasvegetatie (Spartinion maritimae)
Portuguese	Prados de Spartina (Spartinion maritimae)
Swedish	Spartina-mattor (Spartinion maritimi)

Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711	A2.5	Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711	A2.554	Flat-leaved [Spartina] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711	A2.555	[Spartina densiflora] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611	A2.5	Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611	A2.554	Flat-leaved [Spartina] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611	A2.555	[Spartina densiflora] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.5	Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.554	Flat-leaved [Spartina] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.555	[Spartina densiflora] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.6	Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.654	Flat-leaved [Spartina] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.655	[Spartina densiflora] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.6	Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.654	Flat-leaved [Spartina] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.655	[Spartina densiflora] swards	wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.654	Flat-leaved [Spartina] swards	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.655	[Spartina densiflora] swards	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.614	Flat-leaved [Spartina] swards	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A3.2	Saltmarsh with pioneer perennials, especially [Spartina]	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.615	[Spartina densiflora] swards	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.21	Flat-leaved cordgrass swards	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.22	Rush-leaved cordgrass swards	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.2	Saltmarsh with pioneer perennials, especially [Spartina]	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.21	Flat-leaved cordgrass swards	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.2	Perennial salt pioneer swards	not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.22	Rush-leaved cordgrass swards	not defined
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	SM5	[Spartina alterniflora] saltmarsh	narrower
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	SM4	[Spartina maritima] saltmarsh	narrower
		COASTAL AND HALOPHYTIC HABITATS	Ancestor
		Atlantic and continental salt marshes and salt meadows	Parent

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