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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	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

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
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)	1320	Narrower	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)	1330	Narrower

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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