EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA2 - Littoral biogenic habitat > MA25 - Mediterranean littoral biogenic habitat > MA251 - Mediterranean upper saltmarshes > MA2512 - Mediterranean Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium short saltmeadows

Mediterranean Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium short saltmeadows

Description (English)

Humid meadows of low vegetation dominated by Juncus gerardii, Carex divisa, Carex extensa, Schoenus nigricans, Triglochin maritimum, Hordeum marinum or Trifolium spp. and Lotus spp. of the edges of brackish lagoons of Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coasts of Europe, western Asia and North Africa.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2512
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]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Carex divisa

Flowering Plants Carex extensa

Flowering Plants Hordeum marinum

Flowering Plants Schoenus nigricans

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Carex divisa		Flowering Plants
Carex extensa		Flowering Plants
Hordeum marinum		Flowering Plants
Schoenus nigricans		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.523	Mediterranean short Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium saltmeadows	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.523	Mediterranean short Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium saltmeadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.623	Mediterranean short Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium saltmeadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.623	Mediterranean short Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium saltmeadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.623	Mediterranean short Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium saltmeadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.643	Mediterranean short Juncus, Carex, Hordeum and Trifolium	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.42	Mediterranean short rush, sedge, barley and clover	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.52	Mediterranean short rush, sedge, barley, clover saltmeadows	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.52	Mediterranean short rush, sedge, barley and clover	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.52		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.52		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.52		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	15.152		same

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