EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A2 - Littoral sediment > A2.6 - Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms > A2.62 - Marine Cyperaceae beds > A2.621 - Eleocharis beds

Eleocharis beds

English name: Eleocharis beds

Description (English)

Emergent Eleocharis parvula or Eleocharis acicularis formations of brackish seas, sea inlets, estuaries, permanent pools of mud or sand flats, and coastal lagoons, occurring in the open sea only in the Baltic, limited to coastal waterbodies elsewhere, and very rare.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A2.621
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	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 Eleocharis acicularis

Flowering Plants Eleocharis parvula

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Eleocharis acicularis		Flowering Plants
Eleocharis parvula		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	11.42	Marine spike-rush beds	source
CORINE Land Cover	4.2.3.	Intertidal flats	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.3.2.1	Dwarf Spike Rush type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.3.2.2	Needle Spike Rush type	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A2.621	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A2.72	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A2.72	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A2.72	Eleocharis beds	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A2.72	Eleocharis communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A2.42	Marine spike-rush Eleocharis communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	11.42	Marine spike-rush beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	11.42	Marine spike-rush beds	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	11.42		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	11.42		narrower

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