EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A2 - Littoral sediment > A2.5 - Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds > A2.52 - Upper saltmarshes > A2.521 - Atlantic and Baltic brackish saltmarsh communities

Atlantic and Baltic brackish saltmarsh communities

English name: 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
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

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)	1330	Narrower	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Boreal Baltic coastal meadows	1630	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
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

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
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

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