EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > D - Mires, bogs and fens > D6 - Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds > D6.1 - Inland saltmarshes > D6.16 - Interior central European and Anatolian Salicornia, Microcnemum, Suaeda and Salsola swards

Interior central European and Anatolian Salicornia, Microcnemum, Suaeda and Salsola swards

English name: Interior central European and Anatolian glasswort swards

Description (English)

Annual glasswort (Salicornia spp., Microcnemum coralloides), seablite (Suaeda spp.) and saltwort (Salsola spp.) solonchak formations, colonizing periodically inundated muds of Black Sea coastal saltmarshes and of inland salt-basins of central Eurasian and Irano-Anatolian steppe and cold desert zones. Annual glasswort communities of salt steppes and saltmarshes of areas of extreme continentality within the boreal zone of Siberia.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code D6.16
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (D6.1)

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
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 15.115 Continental glasswort swards wider
CORINE Land Cover 4.1.1. Inland marshes n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 D6.16 Interior central European and Anatolian Salicornia, Microcnemum, Suaeda and Salsola swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 D6.16 Interior central European and Anatolian Salicornia, Microcnemum, Suaeda and Salsola swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 D6.16 Interior central European and Anatolian Salicornia, Microcnemum, Suaeda and Salsola swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 D6.16 Interior central European and Anatolian Salicornia, Microcnemum, Suaeda and Salsola swards same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 15.115(p) Part of Continental glasswort swards wider
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