Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities
Description (English)
Beach and upper beach formations, mostly of annuals of the low Arctic and high Arctic oceanic zones of the Palaearctic Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans, occupying accumulations of drift material and gravels rich in nitrogenous organic matter; characteristic are Cakile edentula, Polygonum norvegicum (Polygonum oxyspermum ssp. raii), Atriplex longipes s.l., Atriplex glabriuscula, Mertensia maritima.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code N211 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Atriplex glabriuscula
Flowering Plants
Atriplex longipes
Flowering Plants
Cakile edentula
Flowering Plants
Mertensia maritima
Flowering Plants
Polygonum oxyspermum
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Atriplex glabriuscula | Flowering Plants | |
| Atriplex longipes | Flowering Plants | |
| Cakile edentula | Flowering Plants | |
| Mertensia maritima | Flowering Plants | |
| Polygonum oxyspermum | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | B2.11 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | B2.11 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | B2.11 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | B2.11 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | B2.11 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | B2.11 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B6.11 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 17.21 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 17.21 | Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 17.21 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 17.21 | same |
