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Canary Island saltmarsh scrubs

Description (English)

Low shrubby expanses of woody glassworts, seablites, sea purslanes or Zygophyllum, characteristic of temporarily inundated saltmarshes of Canary Island coasts.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2226
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand	1310	Narrower	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.529	Canary Island saltmarsh scrubs	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.529	Canary Island saltmarsh scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.629	Canarian saltmarsh scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.629	Canarian saltmarsh scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.629	Canarian saltmarsh scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.649	Canarian saltmarsh scrubs	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.54	Canarian saltmarsh scrubs	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.64	Canarian saltmarsh scrubs	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.64	Canarian saltmarsh scrubs	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.64		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.64		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.64		same

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