Continental inland salt steppe
Description (English)
Salt steppe of the Pannonian and Pontic regions, characteristic of solonetz soils, saturated, even shallow flooded, by soluble carbonates in spring, then drying in summer with surface cracking. According to variations in salinity, slope and erosion by spring floods, the vegetation is a complex mosaic of grasslands and more halophytic herb communities, rich in endemic species and plant communities. Traditionally part of the pastoral landscape of older breeds of cattle.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code R62 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Camphorosma annua | Flowering Plants | |
Artemisia santonicum | Flowering Plants | |
Limonium gmelinii | Flowering Plants | |
Puccinellia distans | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium angulatum | Flowering Plants | |
Podospermum canum | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago tenuiflora | Flowering Plants | |
Lepidium cartilagineum | Flowering Plants | |
Pholiurus pannonicus | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium retusum | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago schwarzenbergiana | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Artemisia santonicum | Flowering Plants | |
Puccinellia distans | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca valesiaca | Flowering Plants | |
Limonium gmelinii | Flowering Plants | |
Camphorosma annua | Flowering Plants | |
Poa bulbosa | Flowering Plants | |
Suaeda maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Polygonum aviculare | Flowering Plants | |
Podospermum canum | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Tripolium pannonicum | Flowering Plants | |
Cynodon dactylon | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago tenuiflora | Flowering Plants | |
Lepidium ruderale | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Artemisia santonicum | Flowering Plants | |
Camphorosma annua | Flowering Plants | |
Puccinellia distans | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca valesiaca | Flowering Plants | |
Suaeda maritima | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E6.2 | Continental inland salt steppes | same |
European Red List of Habitats | E6.2 | Continental inland salt steppe | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E6.2 | Continental inland salt steppes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E6.2 | Continental inland saline grass and herb-dominated habitats | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E6.2 | Continental inland saline grass and herb-dominated habitats | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E6.2 | Continental inland saline grass and herb-dominated habitats | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E6.2 | Continental inland saline grasslands | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B4.3 | Inland salt steppes | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 15.A | Continental salt steppes and saltmarshes | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 15.A | Continental salt steppes and saltmarshes | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 15.A | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 15.A | same |