Biocenosis of Mediterranean slowly-drying wracks under glassworts
Description (English)
This biocoenosis is characterised by annual glassworts (Salicornia spp., Microcnemum coralloides), seablites (Suaeda spp.), or sometimes saltworts (Salsola spp.), formations colonizing periodically inundated muds of coastal saltmarshes and inland salt-basins.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code MA254 |
|---|---|
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand | 1310 | Overlap | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Microcnemum coralloides
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Microcnemum coralloides | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | A2.5511 | Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts | narrower |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.5511 | Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.6511 | Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.6511 | Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A2.6511 | Biocenosis of beaches with slowly-drying wracks under glassworts | same |
