Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity
Description (English)
Beds of submerged or slightly emergent vascular vegetation of brackish seas, sea inlets, estuaries, permanent pools of mud or sand flats, and coastal lagoons.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A5.54 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A5) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
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 |
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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 | Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time | 1110 | Overlap | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 11.4 | Brackish sea vascular vegetation | wider |
CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.2. | Estuaries | n/a |
CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.1. | Coastal lagoons | n/a |
CORINE Land Cover | 5.2.3. | Sea and ocean | n/a |
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405 | SS.SMp.Ang | Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity | narrower |
National Vegetation Classification (UK) | A21 | Ranunculus baudotii community | overlap |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A5.54 | Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A4.55 | Angiosperm communities in reduced salinity | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A4.55 | Sublittoral macrophyte beds of coastal brackish waters | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A4.55 | Aquatic macrophyte beds of coastal brackish waters | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A4.56 | Aquatic macrophyte beds of coastal brackish waters | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B1.2 | Communities of coastal saline and brackish waters | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 11.4 | Brackish sea vascular vegetation | wider |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 11.4 | Brackish sea vascular vegetation | wider |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 11.4 | wider | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 11.4 | wider | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 11.4 | wider |