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Catabrosa-Puccinellia maritima meadows

Description (English)

Salt meadows of Iceland and northern Norway, mostly of the lower shore, dominated by Puccinellia maritima, with Catabrosa aquatica, Carex mackenziei, Carex subspathacea, Stellaria crassifolia, Glaux maritima, Gentianella detonsa.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2247
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 Carex mackenziei

Flowering Plants Carex subspathacea

Flowering Plants Catabrosa aquatica

Flowering Plants Glaux maritima

Flowering Plants Puccinellia maritima

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Carex mackenziei		Flowering Plants
Carex subspathacea		Flowering Plants
Catabrosa aquatica		Flowering Plants
Glaux maritima		Flowering Plants
Puccinellia maritima		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.5426	Catabrosa-saltmarsh grass meadows	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type	Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.5426	Catabrosa-saltmarsh grass meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.6426	Catabrosa-saltmarsh grass meadows	same

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