EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > C - Inland surface waters > C3 - Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies > C3.4 - Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation > C3.42 - Mediterraneo-Atlantic amphibious communities > C3.421 - Short Mediterranean amphibious communities > C3.4218 - Mediterranean amphibious small herb communities

Mediterranean amphibious small herb communities

English name: Mediterranean amphibious small herb communities

Description (English)

Formations of Mediterranean temporarily inundated or wet terrain, including karstic pools, often highly ephemeral, dominated by annual small herbs, among which Elatine spp. (Elatine macropoda, Elatine gussonei, Elatine pedunculata), Damasonium bourgaei, Nananthea perpusilla, Morisia monanthos, Blackstonia perfoliata, Samolus valerandi, Radiola linoides, Myosurus minimus, Laurentia gasparrinii, Laurentia tenella.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code C3.4218
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (C3.4)

Legal status

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Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Blackstonia perfoliata

Flowering Plants Damasonium bourgaei

Flowering Plants Elatine gussonei

Flowering Plants Elatine macropoda

Flowering Plants Laurentia gasparrinii

Flowering Plants Laurentia tenella

Flowering Plants Morisia monanthos

Flowering Plants Myosurus minimus

Flowering Plants Nananthea perpusilla

Flowering Plants Radiola linoides

Flowering Plants Samolus valerandi

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Blackstonia perfoliata		Flowering Plants
Damasonium bourgaei		Flowering Plants
Elatine gussonei		Flowering Plants
Elatine macropoda		Flowering Plants
Laurentia gasparrinii		Flowering Plants
Laurentia tenella		Flowering Plants
Morisia monanthos		Flowering Plants
Myosurus minimus		Flowering Plants
Nananthea perpusilla		Flowering Plants
Radiola linoides		Flowering Plants
Samolus valerandi		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	22.3418	Mediterranean amphibious small herb communities	source

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	C3.4218	Mediterranean amphibious small herb communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	C3.4218	Mediterranean amphibious small herb communities	same

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