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Spartina densiflora swards

Description (English)

Perennial pioneer grasslands of southern Iberian coastal salt muds, dominated by the junciform-leaved Spartina densiflora.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2257
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)	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)	1320	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]
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 Spartina densiflora

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Spartina densiflora		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.555	Spartina densiflora swards	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.555	Spartina densiflora swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.655	Spartina densiflora swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.655	Spartina densiflora swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.655	Spartina densiflora swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.615	Spartina densiflora swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.22	Rush-leaved cordgrass swards	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.22	Rush-leaved cordgrass swards	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.22	Rush-leaved cordgrass swards	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.22		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.22		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.22		same

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