Western Pontic spikerush-foxtail saline meadows

Description (English)

Medium-short salt-meadow communities of Muntenia and Oltenia, developed on silt accumulations, in particular of drift lines of larger marshes and along rills, with Eleocharis palustris, Alopecurus geniculatus, Glyceria fluitans, Cerastium dubium, Rorippa sylvestris ssp. kerneri.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code R62223

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Alopecurus geniculatus
Flowering Plants Eleocharis palustris
Flowering Plants Glyceria fluitans
Flowering Plants Rorippa sylvestris
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Alopecurus geniculatus Flowering Plants
Eleocharis palustris Flowering Plants
Glyceria fluitans Flowering Plants
Rorippa sylvestris Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) E6.2223 Western Pontic spikerush-foxtail saline meadows same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E6.2223 Western Pontic spikerush-foxtail saline meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E6.2223 Western Pontic spikerush-foxtail saline meadows same
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