EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > M - Marine benthic habitats > MB4 - infralittoral mixed sediment > MB43 - Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment > MB431 - Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment characterized by emergent vegetation > MB4311 - Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment dominated by Phragmites australis

Baltic infralittoral mixed sediment dominated by Phragmites australis

Description (English)

Baltic bottoms in the photic zone with more than 10 %, but less than 90 % coverage of both hard and soft substrata. Emergent vegetation covers least 10 % of the seabed and more than other perennial attached erect groups. Out of the emergent vegetation, common reed constitutes at least 50 % of the biovolume.
Physical environment
Salinity range: low to moderate; Exposure range: low; Depth range: photic zone down to about 2 meters.
Characteristic species
Phragmites australis
Geographic range
Whole Baltic Sea

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code MB4311
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)	Estuaries	1130	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)	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	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)	Boreal Baltic narrow inlets	1650	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 Phragmites australis

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Phragmites australis		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	A5.541	Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by Phragmites australis	narrower
European Red List of Habitats	BAL23	Emergent vegetation communities on Baltic infralittoral mixed substrata (predominantly soft)	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A5.541	Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by Phragmites australis	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A4.551	Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by Phragmites australis	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A4.551	Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by Phragmites australis	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A4.551	Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by Phragmites australis	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A4.562	Vegetation of brackish waters dominated by Phragmites australis	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	IMU.Ang.NVC.S4	Phragmites australis swamp and reed beds	same

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