EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A2 - Littoral sediment > A2.6 - Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms

Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms

English name: Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms

Description (English)

Dominants are Eleocharis acicularis, Eleocharis parvula, Zostera spp.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A2.6
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Estuaries	1130	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide	1140	Overlap
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Posidonion oceanicae Br.-Bl. ex Molinier 1960	Vegetation perennial sea grass swards of sandy-rocky sea sublittoral zones of warm-temperate waters of the Mediterranean	Posidonion oceanicae Br.-Bl. In Br.-Bl. et al. 1952; Posidonion Br.-Bl. 1931; Posidonion oceanicae Br.-Bl. 1933; Posidonion oceanicae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. al.al 1947	Schaminee et al, 2012
Nanozosterion noltii Den Hartog all. nov. hoc loco	Vegetation of short-lived sea grass swards of sandy-muddy sea sublittoral zone of cold- to warm-temperate waters of Northern and Southern Hemisphere	Nanozosterion Den Hartog 2003	Schaminee et al, 2012
Cymodoceion nodosae Den Hartog ex Mucina all. nova. hoc loco	Vegetation of eel-grass swards on muddy and sandy substrates of subtropical seas of sublittoral of Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea	Cymodoceion nodosae Den Hartog 1976; Syringodio-Thalassion testidinum Borhidi 1996 (sensu Rivas-Martinez et al. 1999)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Zosterion marinae Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Pignatti 1953	Vegetation perennial sea grass swards of sandy-muddy sea sublittoral zone of cold- and cool-temperate waters of Northern Hemisphere	Zosterion Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943; Zosterion Christiansen 1934; Zosterion balticum Luther 1951	Schaminee et al, 2012
Ruppion maritimae Br.-Bl. ex Westhoff in Bennema et al. 1943	Submerged rooted communities of brackish waters	Althenio-Ruppion Den Hartog 1981; Althenio-Ruppion Den Hartog 1985; Eleocharition parvulae Segal 1965; Eleocharition parvulae Segal 1968; Riellion parvulae Cirujano et al. 1993; Ruppion cirrhosae Lovric in Lovric et Rac 1987; Ruppion maritimae Br.-Bl. 1931; Ruppion maritimae Br.-Bl. et de Leeuw 1936; Ruppion maritimae Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. et al. 1952; Ruppion maritimae Br.-Bl. ex Soó 1947; Riellion helicophyllae Cirujano et al. ex Rivas-Mart. et al.1999; Scirpion parvuli Segal 1968; Zannichellion pedunculatae Segal 1963 p.p.	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Eleocharis acicularis

Flowering Plants Eleocharis parvula

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Eleocharis acicularis		Flowering Plants
Eleocharis parvula		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	4.2.3.	Intertidal flats	n/a
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405	LS.LMp	Littoral macrophyte-dominated sediment	overlap
Barcelona Convention 199812	II.1.1.1.	Association with halophytes	same
Ramsar Wetland Types	H	Intertidal marshes	wider
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H12	Intertidal: shingle/cobbles	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H11	Intertidal: mud/sand	overlap
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	33	Mudflats	not defined

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.6	Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.7	Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.7	Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.7	Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.7	Littoral sediments dominated by macrophytes	same

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