Inland saltmarshes
English name:
Inland saltmarshes
Description (English)
Salt meadows and swards of Salicornia and other Chenopodiaceae of inland salt basins of the nemoral zone. Inland saltmarshes of middle Europe are remarkable, extremely threatened communities occurring in a few isolated stations of Saxony and Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia, Hesse, Lorraine, Auvergne, the Midlands and southeastern Poland (lower Nida valley).
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code D6.1 |
|---|---|
| Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
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 | Inland salt meadows | 1340 | Wider | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
| Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puccinellion limosae Soó 1933 | Pannoninan hypersaline open grasslands on solonetz soils | Tripolio-Puccinellion distantis Golub et Solomakha 1988; Eco-Puccinellion Chapman 1959 p.p.; Puccinellion distantis Knapp 1948; Puccinellion limosae Klika et Vlach 1937; Puccinellion salinariae Wendelberger 1943; Puccinellion peisonis Wendelberger 1943 corr. Soó 1957 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Suaedion acuminatae Golub et Tsorbadze in Golub 1995 corr. Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013 | Sarmatian vegetation of annual succulent halophytes temporarily wet salt-pans with solonchak soils | Suaedion salsae Golub et Tchorbadze 1988; Suaedion salsae Golub et Tchorbadze in Golub 1995 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Beckmannion eruciformis Soó 1933 | Pannonian subhalophilous regularly inundated meadows on heavy clayey soils | Halo-Agrostion albae pannonicum Kneževic 1990 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Puccinellion convolutae Micevski 1965 | Macedonian and north Aegean relict saline grasslands of edges of inland salt pans | Plantagini coronopodo-Camphorosmion monspeliacae Golub et Karpov in Golub et al. 2005 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Agrostio stoloniferae-Beckmannion eruciformis Mirkin in Barabash et al. 1989 | Sarmatian sub-saline regularly inundated meadows on heavy clayey soils of steppe and forest-steppe zones of Russia | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Halo-Trichophorion pumili Vicherek 1973 | Halophilous travertine swards of Carpathians | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Puccinellion lagascanae Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et Costa 1976 corr. Alonso et De la Torre 2004 | Iberian relict saline grasslands on edges of continental inland salt marshes | Puccinellion caespitosae Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et Costa 1976 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002; Puccinellion tenuifoliae Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et Costa 1976 corr. Rivas-Mart. 1984; Puccinellion fasciculatae Rivas-Mart. 1976; Puccinellion fasciculatae Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et Costa 1976; Puccinellion caespitosae Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. et Costa 1976 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2001 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Thero-Camphorosmion annuae Vicherek 1973 | Hypersaline annual chenopod communities on solonetz soils in Pannonian Basin and Central Balkans | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Camphorosmo songoricae-Suaedion corniculatae Freitag et al. 2001 | Hypersaline annual chenopod communities on solonetz soils of Caspian region and northwestern Siberia | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Salicornion prostratae Géhu 1992 | Pannonian vegetation of annual succulent halophytes temporarily wet salt-pans with solonchak soils | Salicornion prostratae Soó 1933 corr. Borhidi 1996; Salicornion prostratae Sanda et al. 1999; Thero-Suaedion Vicherek 1973; Salicornion herbaceae Soó 1933 nom. ambig. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Cirsion esculenti Golub 1994 | Mesophytic sub-saline pastures of steppe and forest-steppe zones of Russia, southern Siberia and eastern Kazakhstan | Cirsio-Hordeion brevisubulati Mirkin in Karpov et al. 1987; Artemision santonici Solomakha et Sipailova 1987; Geranion collini Golub et Saveleva 1987; Geranion collini Golub et Saveleva in Golub 1994; Cirsio-Hordeion brevisubulati Mirkin in Karpov et al. ex Golub 1994 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Carici dilutae-Juncion gerardii Lysenko et Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013 | Sarmatian hygrophytic (sub)saline meadows and pastures of steppe and forest-steppe zones of southern Ukraine and Russia | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Juncion gerardii Wendelberger 1943 | Moist halophytic meadows and pastures of southeastern Central and Eastern Europe | Scorzonero-Juncion gerardii (Wendelberger 1943) Vicherek 1973; Taraxaco bessarabici-Juncion gerardii Julve 1993; Juncion gerardii Wenzl 1934 (sensu Sanda et al. 1977) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Microcnemion coralloidis Rivas-Mart. et Géhu in Rivas-Mart. 1984 | Iberian inland vegetation of annual succulent halophytes temporarily wet salt-pans with solonchak soils | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 15.4 | Nemoral inland salt meadows | same |
| CORINE Land Cover | 4.1.1. | Inland marshes | n/a |
| Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | H2 | Saltmarsh | overlap |
| Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) | 6 | Neutral grassland | not defined |
| Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 | T7 | SLANISKA (Inland salt marshes) | narrower |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | D6.1 | Inland saltmarshes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | D6.1 | Inland saltmarshes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | D6.1 | Inland saltmarshes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | D6.1 | Inland saltmarshes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | D6.1 | Inland salt marshes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B4.1 | Sub-oceanic inland salt marshes | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 15.4 | Nemoral inland salt meadows | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 15.4 | Suboceanic inland salt meadows | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 15.4 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 15.4 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 15.4 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 15.14 | same |
