Baltic coastal meadow
Description (English)
Baltic coastal meadows, mostly with short vegetation in the geolittoral zone (above the mean high tide). Salinity is low (brackish water), and tidal ranges are small. Most of the areas were traditionally used for mowing or grazing. Abandonment of traditional management leads to the dominance of reed beds. Although the tidal range is small, the vegetation occurs in distinct zones, with saline vegetation closest to the sea.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code MA232 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Eleocharis uniglumis | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus gerardi | Flowering Plants | |
Glaux maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Triglochin maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium fragiferum | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Eleocharis parvula | Flowering Plants | |
Triglochin palustris | Flowering Plants | |
Centaurium littorale | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus gerardi | Flowering Plants | |
Triglochin maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Glaux maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Eleocharis uniglumis | Flowering Plants | |
Phragmites australis | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium fragiferum | Flowering Plants | |
Triglochin palustris | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago major | Flowering Plants | |
Bolboschoenus maritimus | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium repens | Flowering Plants | |
Tripolium pannonicum | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus articulatus | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Juncus gerardi | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A2.5 | Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | RLA2.5b | Baltic coastal meadow | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.5 | Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.6 | Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.6 | Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A2.6 | Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A2.6 | Coastal saltmarshes and saline habitats | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B3 | Coastal saltmarshes and halophytic habitats | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 15 | Saltmarshes, salt steppes, salt scrubs | wider | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 15 | Saltmarshes, salt steppes, salt scrubs | wider | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 15 | wider | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 15 | wider | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 15 | wider | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 15.1 | wider | ||
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | LMU.Sm | Saltmarsh | same |