Western Pontic saline meadows

English name: Western Pontic saline meadows

Description (English)

Salt-meadow communities of medium tall often tussock-forming grasses, sedges or rushes of the western Black Sea and lower Danube plains, with local representatives in the northern Thracian middle Maritsa and Tundzha basins.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E6.222
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E6.2)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 15.A212 Western Pontic saline meadows source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E6.222 Western Pontic saline meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E6.222 Western Pontic saline meadows same
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