Atlantic and Baltic brackish saltmarsh communities
Description (English)
Communities of saltmarshes of the Atlantic and its connected seas developed in areas of varying salinity and humidity, such as estuaries, in coastal basins with fresh water input and along brackish seashores, such as those of the inner Baltic.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code A2.521 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A2.5) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 15.34 | Atlantic brackish saltmarsh communities | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 4.2.1. | Salt marshes | n/a |
HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998 | 03.07.02.03 | Coastal wetlands and meadows: meadows / pastures: upper meadows | narrower |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 4.2.4.1a | Carex mackenziei variant | n/a |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 4.2.4.1 | Slender Spike Rush-Creeping Bent type | n/a |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 4.2.5.3 | Lesser Sea Spurrey type | n/a |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 4.2.5 | Pan vegetation | n/a |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 4.2.5.1 | Creeping Bent -Marsh Arrowgrass type | n/a |
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 4.2.4 | Lower geolittoral brackish vegetation | n/a |
National Vegetation Classification (UK) | SM23 | Spergularia marina-Puccinellia distans salt-marsh community | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A2.521 | Atlantic and Baltic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A2.621 | Atlantic and Baltic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A2.621 | Atlantic and Baltic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A2.621 | Atlantic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A2.641 | Atlantic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B3.34 | Atlantic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 15.34 | Atlantic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 15.34 | Atlantic brackish saltmarsh communities | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 15.34 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 15.34 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 15.34 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 15.134 | same |