EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA2 - Littoral biogenic habitat > MA25 - Mediterranean littoral biogenic habitat > MA252 - Mediterranean upper-mid saltmarshes and saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge beds > MA2521 - Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows

Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows

Description (English)

Drier, dense formations of sandy soils at the foot of dunes, or between dunes and lagoons of the Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coasts of Europe and North Africa, and of the endoreic (closed drainage) interior basins of Mediterranean Iberia, with Plantago crassifolia, Schoenus nigricans, Juncus littoralis, Spartina versicolor (Spartina patens, Spartina juncea), Elytrigia elongata, Limbarda crithmoides, all of which may dominate and form physiognomically distinct, sometimes almost monospecific, facies.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MA2521
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 and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)	1420	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

Flowering Plants Elytrigia elongata

Flowering Plants Juncus littoralis

Flowering Plants Plantago crassifolia

Flowering Plants Schoenus nigricans

Flowering Plants Spartina juncea

Flowering Plants Spartina patens

Flowering Plants Spartina versicolor

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Elytrigia elongata		Flowering Plants
Juncus littoralis		Flowering Plants
Plantago crassifolia		Flowering Plants
Schoenus nigricans		Flowering Plants
Spartina juncea		Flowering Plants
Spartina patens		Flowering Plants
Spartina versicolor		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A2.532	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.532	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.632	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.632	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.632	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.632	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.43	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.53	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.53	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.53		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.53		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.53		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	15.153		same

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