Sarmatic Artemisia-Festuca salt steppes

English name: Sarmatic Artemisia-Festuca salt steppes

Description (English)

Halophilous communities of shady slopes of the Sarmatic steppe region composed of Artemisia santonicum ssp. patens, with Halimione pedunculata, Aster tripolium, Bassia sedoides, Puccinellia distans.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E6.2261
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

Flowering Plants Aster tripolium
Flowering Plants Bassia sedoides
Flowering Plants Halimione pedunculata
Flowering Plants Puccinellia distans
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Aster tripolium Flowering Plants
Bassia sedoides Flowering Plants
Halimione pedunculata Flowering Plants
Puccinellia distans Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 15.A2211 Sarmatic Artemisia-Festuca salt steppes source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E6.2261 Sarmatic Artemisia-Festuca salt steppes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E6.2261 Sarmatic Artemisia-Festuca salt steppes same
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