Moist and wet dune slacks
English name:
Moist and wet dune slacks
Description (English)
Moist or wet depressions in coastal dune systems, sometimes with permanent water but more often only seasonally moist or flooded by fresh water. Dune-slacks are extremely rich and specialised habitats, very threatened by the lowering of water tables.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code B1.8 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Humid dune slacks | 2190 | Overlap | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
| Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isoëtion Br.-Bl. 1935 | Pioneer ephemeral quillwort vegetation of temporary pools and seaonally wet depressions of Mediterranean | Antinorio agrostideae-Isoetion velatae de Foucault 1988; Isoëtion duriei Br.-Bl. 1935 corr. O. de Bolòs et al. 1990; Isoëtion Br.-Bl. 1931; Serapiadion Aubert et Loisel 1972; Serapiadion cordigero-linguae de Foucault 2012; Isoëtion velatae Br.-Bl. 1935 corr. Rivas Goday 1970; Ophioglosso lusitanici-Isoëtion histricis de Foucault 1988; Crassulo vaillantii-Lythrion borysthenici de Foucault 1988 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Potentillion anserinae Tx. 1947 | Temporarily flooded heavily grazed nutrient-rich grasslands and herblands in habitat experiencing variable wet-dry or brackish-fresh conditions in temperate Europe | Ranunculo sardoi-Plantaginion intermediae Julve 1993; Agrostion stoloniferae Görs 1966; Blysmo-Juncion compressi Knapp 1971; Eu-Agropyro-Rumicion Westhoff et Den Held 1969; Festucion arundinaceae Duvigneaud in Géhu 1999; Juncion effusi Westhoff et Den Held 1969; Lolio-Potentillion anserinae Tx. 1947; Poion palustris Shelyag-Sosonko et al. 1985; Poion palustris Shelyag-Sosonko et al. 1986; Potentillion anserinae von Rochow 1948 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Agropyro-Plantaginion maritimi Horvatic 1934 | Central and Eastern Mediterranean saline swards of margins of lagoons and damp dune-slacks | Schoenion litorale Pignatti 1953 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Romuleo-Saginion (Wolff 1968) Mucina nom. nov. hoc loco | Aerohaline short-lived vegetation of disturbed sandy habitats of north Aegean Hellenic coasts | Saginion mediterraneum Wolff 1968 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Juncion maritimi Br.-Bl. ex Horvatic 1934 | Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coastal saline rush marsh vegetation under prolonged flooding regime | Limonio gmelinii-Juncion maritimi Golub et Solomakha 1988; Apio-Juncion maritimi Pop 1962; Eco-Juncion maritimi Chapman 1954; Glauco-Juncion maritimi Géhu et Géhu-Franck 1984; Inulion crithmoidis S. Brullo et Furnari 1988; Juncion maritimi Br.-Bl. 1931; Juncion maritimi Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. et al. 1952; Juncion maritimi Chapman 1959; Tetragonolobion siliquosi Pignatti 1953; Apio-Juncion maritimi Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963; Glauco-Juncion maritimi Géhu et Géhu-Franck in Géhu 2007; Puccinellion festuciformis Géhu et Scoppola in Géhu et al. 1984 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Hyperico elodis-Sparganion Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Oberd. 1957 | Vegetation of amphibious plants in shallow mesotrophic waters on organic substrates in Atlantic region of Europe | Samolo valerandi-Baldellion ranunculoidis Schaminée et Westhoff in Schaminée et al. 1992; Hydrocotylo vulgaris-Baldellion ranunculoidis Tx. et Dierßen in Dierßen 1975; Eleocharition multicaulis Vanden Berghen 1969; Helodo-Sparganion Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943 (orig. form); Hypericion elodis T. Müller et Görs 1960; Hyperico-Juncion bulbosi Pietsch 1971; Hyperico-Juncion bulbosi Segal 1968; Juncion bulbosi Segal 1968; Littorello-Eleocharition multicaulis Sjögren 1973; Hydrocotylo vulgaris-Baldellion ranunculoidis Tx. et Dierßen in Dierßen 1973 (sensu Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011: 179); Elodo palustris-Sparganion Br.-Bl. et Tx. ex Oberd. 1957; Baldellion repentis (Schaminée et Westhoff in Schaminée et al. 1992) Pietsch 1995 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Lolio-Plantaginion commutatae Horvatic 1934 | Aerohaline short-lived vegetation of disturbed sandy habitats of seaboards of Adriatic Sea | Pholiurio-Spergularion Pignatti 1952; Puccinellion distantis (Soó 1933) Pignatti 1953 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Spergularion macrorhizae Gamisans 1990 | Cyrno-Sardean aerohaline short-lived vegetation of disturbed aerohaline sandy habitats | Catapodion marini Paradis et al. 1999 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Plantaginion crassifoliae Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 | Western Tyrrhenian and Provencal saline swards of margins of lagoons and damp dune-slacks | Plantaginion crassifoliae Br.-Bl. 1931; Schoenion ferruginei Rivas Goday 1945 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Limonion etrusci Viciani et al. 2012 | Tuscan saline swards of temporary damp dune-slacks | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Saginion maritimae Westhoff et al. 1962 | Atlantic-Western Mediterranean ephemeral aerohaline vegetation on bare sandy flats of disturbed salt-marshes | Centaurion vulgaris Freijsen 1967; Saginion maritimae Westhoff et al. 1961 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Sileno sedoidis-Catapodion loliacei de Foucault et Bioret 2010 | Aerohaline short-lived vegetation of disturbed sandy habitats of south Aegean coasts and Cyprus | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 16.3 | Humid dune-slacks | same |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.1. | Beaches, dunes, and sand plains | n/a |
| HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998 | 03.04.07.01 | Coastal dunes: wet dune slacks: with no or low vegetation | same |
| HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998 | 03.04.07 | Coastal dunes: wet dune slacks | same |
| Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | H64 | Sand-dune: dune slack | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B5.4 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 16.3 | Humid dune-slacks | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 16.3 | Humid dune-slacks | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 16.3 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 16.3 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 16.3 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 16.3 | same |
