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Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

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English name Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

NATURA 2000 habitat type code   1410
Originally published code   15.15 Priority     No  
Edition   Black Sea Marine Habitat Classification Workshop, May 2007

Description ( English )

Various mediterranean communities of the [Juncetalia maritimi]. subtypes : Pal. 15.51 - tall rush saltmarshes dominated by [Juncus maritimus] and/or J. acutus Pal. 15.52 - short rush, sedge and clover saltmarshes ([Juncion maritimi]) and humid meadows behind the littoral, rich in annual plant species and in Fabacea ([Trifolion squamosi]) Pal. 15.53 - mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows ([Plantaginion crassifoliae]) Pal. 15.54 - Iberian salt meadows ([Puccinellion fasciculatae]) Pal. 15.55 - halophilous marshes along the coast and the coastal lagoons ([Puccinellion festuciformis]) Pal. 15.57 - humid halophilous moors with the shrubby stratum dominated by [Artemisia coerulescens] ([Agropyro-Artemision coerulescentis]) Cyprus subtypes - Halophytic vegetation periodically inundated by saline or bracking water. Plant text: [Juncus maritimus], [Juncus acutus], [Carex extensa], [Aster tripolium], [Plantago cornuti], [Scorzonera parviflora] (15.51); [Hordeum nodosum], [Hordeum maritimum], [Trifolium squamosum], [Trifolium michelianum], [Alopecurus bulbosus], [Carex divisa], [Ranunculus ophioglossifolius], *[Linum maritimum] (15.52); [Plantago crassifolia], [Blackstonia imperfoliata], [Centaurium tenuiflorum], [Orchis coriophora ssp. fragans] (15.53); [Puccinellia fasciculata], [Aeluropus littoralis], [Juncus gerardi] (15.54); [Puccinellia festuciformis] (15.55); [Artemisia coerulescens] (15.57); [Eleocharis palustris], [Puccinellia gigantea], [Arthrocnemum macrostachyum], [Aeluropus littoralis], [Centaurium spicatum], [Cressa cretica], [Crypsis factorofskyi], [Crypsis schoenoides], [Glinus lotoides], [Limonium echioides], [Parapholis marginata], [Schoenoplectus litoralis], [Spergularia marina (= S. salina)], [Sphenopus divaricatus], [Suaeda vera] (Cyprus).

Source

European Commission (1999)

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Name in other languages

Language Name
Danish Middelhavs-strandeng (Juncetalia maritimi)
German Mediterrane Salzwiesen (Juncetalia maritimi)
Greek Mesogeiaka alipeda (Juncetalia maritimi)
Spanish Pastizales salinos mediterráneos (Juncetalia maritimi)
Finnish Välimeren alueen suolaniityt (Juncetalia maritimi)
French Prés salés méditerranéens (Juncetalia maritimi)
Italian Pascoli inondati mediterranei (Juncetalia maritimi)
Dutch Mediterrane schorren (Juncetalia maritimi)
Portuguese Prados salgados mediterrânicos (Juncetalia maritimi)
Swedish Mediterrana salta strandängar (Juncetalia maritimae)

Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.5 Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 D6.2 Inland saline or brackish species-poor helophyte beds normally without free-standing water overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 D6.23 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.543 Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.532 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.513 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.523 Mediterranean short [Juncus], [Carex], [Hordeum] and [Trifolium] saltmeadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.524 Mediterranean [Elymus] or [Artemisia] stands wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.522 Mediterranean [Juncus maritimus] and [Juncus acutus] saltmarshes wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200711 A2.525 Mediterranean [Juncus subulatus] beds wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.5 Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 D6.2 Inland saline or brackish species-poor helophyte beds normally without free-standing water overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 D6.23 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.543 Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.532 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.513 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.523 Mediterranean short [Juncus], [Carex], [Hordeum] and [Trifolium] saltmeadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.524 Mediterranean [Elymus] or [Artemisia] stands wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.522 Mediterranean [Juncus maritimus] and [Juncus acutus] saltmarshes wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200611 A2.525 Mediterranean [Juncus subulatus] beds wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.5 Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D6.2 Inland saline or brackish species-poor helophyte beds normally without free-standing water overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D6.23 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.543 Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.532 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.513 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.523 Mediterranean short [Juncus], [Carex], [Hordeum] and [Trifolium] saltmeadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.524 Mediterranean [Elymus] or [Artemisia] stands wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.522 Mediterranean [Juncus maritimus] and [Juncus acutus] saltmarshes wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.525 Mediterranean [Juncus subulatus] beds wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.6 Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D6.2 Inland saline or brackish species-poor helophyte beds normally without free-standing water overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D6.23 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.643 Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.632 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.613 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.623 Mediterranean short [Juncus], [Carex], [Hordeum] and [Trifolium] saltmeadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.624 Mediterranean [Elymus] or [Artemisia] stands wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.622 Mediterranean [Juncus maritimus] and [Juncus acutus] saltmarshes wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.625 Mediterranean [Juncus subulatus] beds wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.6 Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D6.2 Inland saline or brackish species-poor helophyte beds normally without free-standing water overlap
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D6.23 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.643 Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.632 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.613 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.623 Mediterranean short [Juncus], [Carex], [Hordeum] and [Trifolium] saltmeadows wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.624 Mediterranean [Elymus] or [Artemisia] stands wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.622 Mediterranean [Juncus maritimus] and [Juncus acutus] saltmarshes wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.625 Mediterranean [Juncus subulatus] beds wider
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D6.23 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.632 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.613 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.623 Mediterranean short [Juncus], [Carex], [Hordeum] and [Trifolium] saltmeadows narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.624 Mediterranean [Elymus] or [Artemisia] stands narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.622 Mediterranean [Juncus maritimus] and [Juncus acutus] saltmarshes narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.625 Mediterranean [Juncus subulatus] beds narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.643 Mediterranean [Puccinellia festuciformis] and [Aeluropus littoralis] swards narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 E6.13 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A3.4 Low-salinity Mediterranean upper saltmarsh narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.632 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.653 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.643 Mediterranean short [Juncus], [Carex], [Hordeum] and [Trifolium] narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.644 Mediterranean [Elymus] or [Artemisia] stands narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.642 Mediterranean [Juncus maritimus] and [Juncus acutus] saltmarshes narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.645 Mediterranean [Juncus subulatus] beds narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.623 Mediterranean [Puccinellia festuciformis] and [Aeluropus littoralis] swards narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.44 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.4 Low-salinity Mediterranean upper saltmarsh narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.48 Mediterranean fine-leaved rush beds narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.43 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.47 Mediterranean saltmarsh couch-wormwood stands narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.46 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.45 Mediterranean saltmarsh grass swards narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.42 Mediterranean short rush, sedge, barley and clover narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.41 Mediterranean tall rush saltmarshes narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.54 Interior Iberian salt pan meadows not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.58 Mediterranean fine-leaved rush beds not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.53 Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.5 Mediterranean salt meadows not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.571 Mediterranean saltmarsh couch stands not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.57 Mediterranean saltmarsh couch-wormwood stands not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.56 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.55 Mediterranean saltmarsh grass swards not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.572 Mediterranean saltmarsh wormwood fringes not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.52 Mediterranean short rush, sedge, barley and clover not defined
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.51 Mediterranean tall rush saltmarshes not defined
National Vegetation Classification (UK) SM15 [Juncus maritimus-Triglochin maritima] saltmarsh not defined
National Vegetation Classification (UK) SM18 [Juncus maritimus] saltmarsh not defined
  COASTAL AND HALOPHYTIC HABITATS    Ancestor
  Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic salt marshes and salt meadows    Parent
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