EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA2 - Littoral biogenic habitat > MA25 - Mediterranean littoral biogenic habitat > MA251 - Mediterranean upper saltmarshes > MA2511 - Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes

Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes

Description (English)

Beds of tall Juncus maritimus, Juncus rigidus (Juncus maritimus var. arabicus, Juncus arabicus) or Juncus acutus of saline grounds of Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coastlands and of endoreic (closed drainage) interior basins of mediterranean Iberia and Mediterranean North Africa, forming, in particular, in periodically inundated depressions, where they may associate with Carex extensa, Iris spuria, Gladiolus communis, Aster tripolium, Sonchus maritimus, Sonchus crassifolius or other elements of units MA2.512 and D6.23, and in sandy dunal depressions, where they may alternate with stands of Schoenus nigricans or other formations of unit MA2.521.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2511
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)	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)	1410	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)	Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)	1420	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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Aster tripolium

Flowering Plants Carex extensa

Flowering Plants Iris spuria

Flowering Plants Juncus acutus

Flowering Plants Juncus maritimus

Flowering Plants Juncus rigidus

Flowering Plants Schoenus nigricans

Flowering Plants Sonchus crassifolius

Flowering Plants Sonchus maritimus

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Aster tripolium		Flowering Plants
Carex extensa		Flowering Plants
Iris spuria		Flowering Plants
Juncus acutus		Flowering Plants
Juncus maritimus		Flowering Plants
Juncus rigidus		Flowering Plants
Schoenus nigricans		Flowering Plants
Sonchus crassifolius		Flowering Plants
Sonchus maritimus		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.522	Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.522	Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.622	Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.622	Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.622	Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.642	Mediterranean Juncus maritimus and Juncus acutus saltmarshes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.41	Mediterranean tall rush saltmarshes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.51	Mediterranean tall rush saltmarshes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.51	Mediterranean tall rush saltmarshes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.51		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.51		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.51		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	15.151		same

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