EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MA2 - Littoral biogenic habitat > MA25 - Mediterranean littoral biogenic habitat > MA254 - Biocenosis of Mediterranean slowly-drying wracks under glassworts

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	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)	Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand	1310	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 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

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
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

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