Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines
Description (English)
Formations, predominantly of annuals, occupying accumulations of drift material and gravels rich in nitrogenous organic matter on nemoral and boreonemoral beaches of the Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic; characteristic are Cakile maritima ssp. maritima, Cakile maritima ssp. baltica, Salsola kali, Atriplex spp. (particularly Atriplex glabriuscula), Polygonum spp., Euphorbia peplis, Mertensia maritima, Glaucium flavum.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code N212 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Atriplex glabriuscula
Flowering Plants
Cakile maritima
Flowering Plants
Euphorbia peplis
Flowering Plants
Glaucium flavum
Flowering Plants
Mertensia maritima
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Atriplex glabriuscula | Flowering Plants | |
| Cakile maritima | Flowering Plants | |
| Euphorbia peplis | Flowering Plants | |
| Glaucium flavum | Flowering Plants | |
| Mertensia maritima | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | B2.12 | Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | B2.12 | Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | B2.12 | Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | B2.12 | Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | B2.12 | Euro-Siberian shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | B2.12 | Euro-Siberian shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B6.12 | Euro-Siberian shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 17.22 | Euro-Siberian shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 17.22 | Euro-Siberian shingle beach drift lines | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 17.22 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 17.22 | same |
