Atlantic upper-mid saltmarshes and saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge beds
Description (English)
Middle zone of Atlantic salt marshes with closed swards of graminoids, herbs and low shrubs on sandy or clayey flats. The communities are regularly but not daily flooded by seawater. Helophytes may dominate in areas with freshwater influence. The communities are grazed or occur in unmanaged situations.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MA223 |
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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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Glaux maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Cochlearia officinalis | Flowering Plants | |
Armeria maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Tripolium pannonicum | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus gerardi | Flowering Plants | |
Artemisia maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Triglochin maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Spergularia media | Flowering Plants | |
Elytrigia atherica | 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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Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Glaux maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Tripolium pannonicum | Flowering Plants | |
Armeria maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus gerardi | Flowering Plants | |
Triglochin maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Atriplex prostrata | Flowering Plants | |
Elytrigia atherica | Flowering Plants | |
Cochlearia officinalis | Flowering Plants | |
Spergularia media | Flowering Plants | |
Puccinellia maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus maritimus | Flowering Plants | |
Bolboschoenus maritimus | Flowering Plants | |
Artemisia maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Carex extensa | 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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Juncus gerardi | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus maritimus | Flowering Plants | |
Elytrigia atherica | Flowering Plants | |
Glaux maritima | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A2.531 | Atlantic upper shore communities | wider |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A2.53 | Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge beds | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | RLA2.5c | Atlantic coastal salt marsh | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.531 | Atlantic upper shore communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.53 | Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge beds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.63 | Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.631 | Atlantic upper shore communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.63 | Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.631 | Atlantic upper shore communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A2.631 | Atlantic upper shore communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A2.63 | Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A2.63 | Mid-upper saltmarshes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A2.631 | Atlantic upper schorre communities | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B3.33 | Atlantic upper schorre communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 15.33 | Atlantic upper schorre communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 15.33 | Atlantic upper schorre communities | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 15.33 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 15.33 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 15.33 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 15.133 | same | ||
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | LMU.Smm-u | Saltmarsh (mid-upper) | same |