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Atlantic Halimione pedunculata beds

Description (English)

Formations dominated by the rare, threatened Halimione pedunculata, developing very locally in the Puccinellion maritimae of Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, extinct in the British Isles.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2245
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)	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)	1330	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

Flowering Plants Halimione pedunculata

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Halimione pedunculata		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.5424	Atlantic stalked orache beds	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type	Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.5424	Atlantic stalked orache beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.6424	Atlantic stalked orache beds	same

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