Lower shore arctic salt meadows

English name: Lower shore arctic salt meadows

Description (English)

Species-poor communities of the lower shores of arctic Eurasia and Greenland, submitted to winter sea ice.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code A2.544
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

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 15.B1 Lower shore arctic salt meadows source
CORINE Land Cover 4.2.1. Salt marshes n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.2.3.5 Carex subspathacea type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.2.3.5a Puccinellia phryganodes variant n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.2.3.1 Common Salt Marsh grass type n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.544 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.644 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.644 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.644 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.624 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.61 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 15.B1 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 15.B1 Lower shore arctic salt meadows same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.B1   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 15.B1   same
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