EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > B - Coastal habitats > B1 - Coastal dunes and sandy shores > B1.4 - Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)

Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)

English name: Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)

Description (English)

Fixed or semifixed dunes of the coasts of the boreal, nemoral, steppe, mediterranean and warm-temperate humid zones, with the perennial grasslands, chamaephyte-dotted grasslands, forblands, subshrub or succulent communities that stabilise them and the therophyte communities that may occupy the grassland clearings.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code B1.4
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

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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	Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes')	2130	Same	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Crucianellion maritimae fixed beach dunes	2210	Overlap
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	Dunes with Euphorbia terracina	2220	Overlap
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	Malcolmietalia dune grasslands	2230	Overlap
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	Brachypodietalia dune grasslands with annuals	2240	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Ononidion tournefortii Géhu et al. 1996	Ephemeral therophyte communities of coastal sandy soils of Canary Islands and southwestern Morocco		Schaminee et al, 2012
Laguro ovati-Vulpion fasciculatae Géhu et Biondi 1994	Western Mediterranean subnitrophilous ephemeral therophyte vegetation of disturbed coastal dunes	Catapodio hemipoae-Vulpion fasciculatae de Foucault 2001; Catapodio hemipoae-Vulpion fasciculatae de Foucault 1999	Schaminee et al, 2012
Alkanno-Maresion nanae Rivas Goday ex Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963 corr. Díez Garretas et al. 2001	Western Mediterranean ephemeral therophyte coastal dune vegetation	Alkanno-Malcolmion parviflorae Rivas Goday 1958; Alkanno-Malcolmion parviflorae Rivas Goday ex S. Brullo et Marcenó 1974; Maresio-Malcolmion ramosissimae (Rivas-Mart. 1978) Rivas-Mart. et al. 1992; Sileno sericeae-Malcolmion ramosissimae de Foucault et Géhu in de Foucault 1999; Ornithopo pinnati-Malcolmion ramosissimae (Rivas Goday 1958) de Foucault 1999; Alkanno-Malcolmion ramosissimae Rivas Goday in Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963; Malcolmion ramosissimae Géhu et Biondi in Géhu 1994	Schaminee et al, 2012
Koelerion arenariae Tx. 1937 corr. Gutermann et Mucina 1993	Sandy grasslands on base-rich stabilised grey dunes of North Sea coasts from northern France to Germany	Koelerion arenariae Tx. 1937 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002; Galio-Koelerion (Tx. 1937) Westhoff et Den Held 1969; Koelerion albescentis Tx. 1937; Phleo arenarii-Cerastion diffusi de Foucault 1999; Phleo arenarii-Cerastion diffusi de Foucault 2001; Phleo-Koelerion Doing 1974; Tortulo-Koelerion (Tx. 1937) Weeda, Doing et Schaminée in Schaminée et al. 1996	Schaminee et al, 2012
Cynodonto-Teucrion polii Korzhenevsky et Klyukin 1990	Sarmatian dwarf-scrub and grasslands on stabilised coastal hinddunes		Schaminee et al, 2012
Vulpio-Lotion Horvatic 1963	Ephemeral therophyte communities on terra rosa and decalcified soils in Illyric-Dinaric coastal regions	Loto angustifoliae-Vulpion ciliatae Horvatic 1960 nom. invers.; Vulpio-Lotion Horvatic 1960	Schaminee et al, 2012
Maresion nanae Géhu et al. 1987	Ephemeral therophyte communities of coastal dunes of Eastern Mediterranean	Malcolmion nanae Géhu et al. 1986	Schaminee et al, 2012
Diantho catalaunici-Scrophularion humifusae Baudiere et Simonneau 1974	Catalonian-Languedocian grasslands on coastal stabilised sandy soils		Schaminee et al, 2012
Corynephorion canescentis Klika 1931	Silicicolous tussock perennial open grasslands of atlantic and subatlantic regions of northwestern and Central Europe	Caricion arenariae Doing 1974; Corynephorion Br.-Bl. et de Leeuw 1926; Dicrano-Cladinion Doing 1963; Filagini-Corynephorion Passarge 1960; Miboro minimae-Corynephorion canescentis Loiseau et Felzines 2007; Polytricho-Cornicularion Doing 1974; Spergulo-Corynephorion (Klika 1931) Passarge 1960; Sedo micranthi-Corynephorion canescentis Loiseau et Felzines 2007	Schaminee et al, 2012
Medicagini-Triplachnion nitentis Mayer 1995	Ephemeral therophyte communities of sandy and gravelly beaches of eastern Aegean region and southern Anatolia		Schaminee et al, 2012
Sileno thymifoliae-Jurineion kilaeae Géhu et Uslu ex Mucina et Iakushenko ined.	Southwestern Euxinic dwarf scrub and grasslands on stabilised coastal hinddunes	Sileno thymifoliae-Jurineion kilaeae Géhu et Uslu 1989; Sileno thymifoliae-Jurineion kilaeae Uslu et Géhu 1990	Schaminee et al, 2012
Cutandio maritimae-Vulpion membranaceae de Foucault et Géhu in de Foucault 1999	diagnosis	Sileno conicae-Vulpion membranaceae de Foucault 1999	Schaminee et al, 2012
Helichrysion picardii (Rivas-Mart., Costa et Izco in Rivas-Mart. et al. 1990) Rivas-Mart. et al. 1999	Iberoatlantic dwarf scrub on stabilised coastal hinddunes	Iberidion procumbentis Bellot 1966; Helichrysion picardii (Rivas-Mart., Costa et Izco in Rivas-Mart. et al. 1990) Géhu 1990	Schaminee et al, 2012
Melico chrysolepidis-Ephedrion distachyae Umanets et Solomakha 1999	Grasslands on ancient calcium-rich shell sediments of the northwestern coast of Black Sea		Schaminee et al, 2012
Crucianellion maritimae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1958	Mediterranean dwarf scrub on stabilised coastal hinddunes	Ononidion ramosissimae Pignatti 1952	Schaminee et al, 2012
Verbascion pinnatifidi Korzhenevsky et Klyukin 1990	Vegetation of young quartzitic sands and shell-detritus in retrodunal habitats of Azov Sea costs of Crimea		Schaminee et al, 2012
Linarion pedunculatae Díez Garretas et al. in Díez Garretas 1984	Ephemeral therophyte coastal dune vegetation of southern Iberia, southwestern Portugal and western Maghreb	Linarion pedunculatae Díez Garretas et al. in Díez Garretas 1978	Schaminee et al, 2012
Scabiosion ucranicae Sanda et al. 1980	Northwestern Euxinic grasslands on stabilised coastal hinddunes	Scabiosion argenteae (Boscaiu 1975) Popescu et Sanda 1987	Schaminee et al, 2012
Euphobio paraliae-Lotion glauci Jardim et al. 2003	Dwarf scrub on stabilised coastal hinddunes of Madeira and Porto Santo	Euphobio paraliae-Lotion glauci Jardim et al. 2003 corr. Jardim et al. 2012	Schaminee et al, 2012
Psammo-Vulpion Pignatti 1953	Ephemeral therophyte communities of coastal dunes of Central Mediterranean		Schaminee et al, 2012
Anthyllido hamosae-Malcolmion lacerae Rivas Goday 1958	Thermomediterranean sandy ephemeral on sandy of western and southwestern Iberia	Hymenocarpo hamosi-Malcolmion trilobatae Rivas Goday 1958 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Psammo-Koelerion Pignatti 1953	Northern Adriatic dwarf scrub on stabilised coastal hinddunes		Schaminee et al, 2012
Euphorbio portlandicae-Helichrysion stoechadis Géhu et Tx. ex Sissingh 1974	Sandy grasslands on base-rich stabilised dunes of francoatlantic section of Atlantic Ocean shores	Euphorbio portlandicae-Helichrysion stoechadis Géhu et Tx. 1972	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	16.22	Grey dunes	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.1.	Beaches, dunes, and sand plains	n/a
HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998	03.04.03	Coastal dunes: grey dunes	same
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.1.3.1	Dune grass type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.1.4	Fixed sand dunes	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H68	Sand-dune: open dune	wider
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H65	Sand-dune: dune grassland	overlap

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	B1.4	Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	B1.4	Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	B1.4	Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	B1.4	Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	B1.4	Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B5.32	Grey dunes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	16.22	Grey dunes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	16.22	Grey dunes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	16.22		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	16.22		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	16.22		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	16.22		same

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