Western Pontic solonchak communities

English name: Western Pontic solonchak communities

Description (English)

Communities dominated by Ponto-Pannonic perennial grasses and herbs, or by Ponto-Caspian steppe and semidesert zone annuals and perennials, developed on solonchak or solonchak-solonetz soils of the western Black Sea coastal saltmarshes and of the salt basins of adjacent lowlands.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E6.224
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E6.2)

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
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 15.A214 Western Pontic solonchak communities source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E6.224 Western Pontic solonchak communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E6.224 Western Pontic solonchak communities same
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