EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A2 - Littoral sediment > A2.5 - Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds > A2.55 - Pioneer saltmarshes > A2.551 - Salicornia, Suaeda and Salsola pioneer saltmarshes > A2.5511 - Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts

Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts

English name: Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts

Description (English)

This biocoenosis is characterised by annual glassworts (Salicornia spp., Microcnemum coralloides), seablites (Suaeda spp.), or sometimes saltworts (Salsola spp.), formations colonizing periodically inundated muds of coastal saltmarshes and inland salt-basins of the Palaearctic.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code A2.5511
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A2.5)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Microcnemum coralloides
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Microcnemum coralloides Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Barcelona Convention 199812 I.1.1. Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts source
CORINE Land Cover 4.2.1. Salt marshes n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.5511 Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.6511 Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.6511 Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.6511 Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts same
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