EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA2 - Littoral biogenic habitat > MA22 - Atlantic littoral biogenic habitat > MA228 - Atlantic littoral Cyperaceae beds > MA2281 - Atlantic littoral Eleocharis parvula beds

Atlantic littoral Eleocharis parvula beds

Description (English)

Emergent Eleocharis parvula -dominated formations of brackish seas, sea inlets, estuaries, permanent pools of mud or sand flats, and coastal lagoons.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2281
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)	Estuaries	1130	Overlap	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)	Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide	1140	Overlap	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)	* Coastal lagoons	1150	Overlap	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)	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap	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)	Eleocharis beds	A2.621	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

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.6211	Eleocharis parvula beds	narrower
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.621	Eleocharis beds	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.6211	Eleocharis parvula beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.621	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.72	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.721	Eleocharis parvula beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.72	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.721	Eleocharis parvula beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.72	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.721	Eleocharis parvula beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.72	Eleocharis communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.721	Eleocharis parvula beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2.421	Dwarf spike-rush beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2.42	Marine spike-rush Eleocharis communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.421	Dwarf spike-rush beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.42	Marine spike-rush beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.421	Dwarf spike-rush beds	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.42	Marine spike-rush beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.421		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.42		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.42		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.421		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	11.42		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	11.36		same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	LMU.Sm.NVC.SM3	Eleocharis parvula	same

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