Semi-desert salt pan
Description (English)
Azonal, mosaic habitat of halophytic chenopod scrub and saline grassland in the semi-desert zones of South-Eastern Europe. Vegetation is a combination of open annual and perennial halophytic communities and more closed grassland. It occurs on solonchak soils, in poorly drained, saline or hypersaline depressions and on shores of rivers and lakes.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R64 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Flowering Plants
Limonium suffruticosum
Flowering Plants
Halocnemum strobilaceum
Flowering Plants
Halimione verrucifera
Flowering Plants
Artemisia nitrosa
Flowering Plants
Limonium gmelinii
Flowering Plants
Puccinellia dolicholepis
Flowering Plants
Kalidium caspicum
Flowering Plants
Ofaiston monandrum
Flowering Plants
Petrosimonia litwinowii
Flowering Plants
Atriplex aucheri
Flowering Plants
Petrosimonia oppositifolia
Flowering Plants
Salsola nitraria
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Limonium suffruticosum | Flowering Plants | |
| Halocnemum strobilaceum | Flowering Plants | |
| Halimione verrucifera | Flowering Plants | |
| Artemisia nitrosa | Flowering Plants | |
| Limonium gmelinii | Flowering Plants | |
| Puccinellia dolicholepis | Flowering Plants | |
| Kalidium caspicum | Flowering Plants | |
| Ofaiston monandrum | Flowering Plants | |
| Petrosimonia litwinowii | Flowering Plants | |
| Atriplex aucheri | Flowering Plants | |
| Petrosimonia oppositifolia | Flowering Plants | |
| Salsola nitraria | Flowering Plants |
Flowering Plants
Halimione verrucifera
Flowering Plants
Eremopyrum triticeum
Flowering Plants
Limonium suffruticosum
Flowering Plants
Limonium gmelinii
Flowering Plants
Halocnemum strobilaceum
Flowering Plants
Eremopyrum orientale
Flowering Plants
Artemisia santonicum
Flowering Plants
Atriplex aucheri
Flowering Plants
Descurainia sophia
Flowering Plants
Poa bulbosa
Flowering Plants
Petrosimonia oppositifolia
Flowering Plants
Camphorosma monspeliaca
Flowering Plants
Artemisia nitrosa
Flowering Plants
Puccinellia dolicholepis
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Halimione verrucifera | Flowering Plants | |
| Eremopyrum triticeum | Flowering Plants | |
| Limonium suffruticosum | Flowering Plants | |
| Limonium gmelinii | Flowering Plants | |
| Halocnemum strobilaceum | Flowering Plants | |
| Eremopyrum orientale | Flowering Plants | |
| Artemisia santonicum | Flowering Plants | |
| Atriplex aucheri | Flowering Plants | |
| Descurainia sophia | Flowering Plants | |
| Poa bulbosa | Flowering Plants | |
| Petrosimonia oppositifolia | Flowering Plants | |
| Camphorosma monspeliaca | Flowering Plants | |
| Artemisia nitrosa | Flowering Plants | |
| Puccinellia dolicholepis | Flowering Plants |
Flowering Plants
Halocnemum strobilaceum
Flowering Plants
Halimione verrucifera
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Halocnemum strobilaceum | Flowering Plants | |
| Halimione verrucifera | Flowering Plants |
