EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A2 - Littoral sediment > A2.5 - Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds > A2.55 - Pioneer saltmarshes

Pioneer saltmarshes

English name: Pioneer saltmarshes

Description (English)

Saltmarshes at the lowest level of non-aquatic angiosperms; vegetation open and very species-poor, typically with Salicornia spp. or Spartina spp., less often with Arthrocnemum spp., Aster tripolium, Sagina maritima, Salsola kali or Suaeda spp.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A2.55
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A2.5)

Legal status

Not available

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Fishes Salsola kali

Flowering Plants Aster tripolium

Flowering Plants Sagina maritima

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Salsola kali		Fishes
Aster tripolium		Flowering Plants
Sagina maritima		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	15.2	Perennial salt pioneer swards	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	15.1	Annual salt pioneer swards	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	4.2.1.	Salt marshes	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.2.3.2	Townsend's Cord-grass type	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H26	Saltmarsh: dense/continuous	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H24	Saltmarsh: scattered plants	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.55	Pioneer saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.65	Pioneer saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.65	Pioneer saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.65	Pioneer saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.61	Pioneer saltmarshes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.2	Perennial salt pioneer swards	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.1	Annual salt pioneer swards	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.1	Annual salt pioneer swards	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.2	Perennial salt pioneer swards	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.1		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.2		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.1		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.2		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.2		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.1		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	15.12		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	15.11		narrower
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	LMU.Smpio	Saltmarsh (pioneer)	same

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