EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > D - Mires, bogs and fens > D6 - Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds > D6.2 - Inland saline or brackish species-poor helophyte beds normally without free-standing water > D6.23 - Interior Iberian salt pan meadows

Interior Iberian salt pan meadows

English name: Interior Iberian salt pan meadows

Description (English)

Salt meadows peculiar to the lowest, wettest parts of interior Iberian depressions, dominated by Puccinellia fasciculata or Aeluropus littoralis in the very lowest areas, or, slightly higher, by Juncus gerardi. The higher, drier ground that surrounds them is occupied either by other salt meadow communities that are less differentiated from the coastal communities (units A2.522 and A2.532) or by salt scrubs (unit F6.83).

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code D6.23
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

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]

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	Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)	1410	Narrower	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Aeluropus littoralis

Flowering Plants Juncus gerardi

Flowering Plants Puccinellia fasciculata

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Aeluropus littoralis		Flowering Plants
Juncus gerardi		Flowering Plants
Puccinellia fasciculata		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	15.54	Interior Iberian salt basin grass and small rush swards	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.1.	Natural grassland	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	D6.23	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	D6.23	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	D6.23	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	D6.23	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	E6.13	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B3.44	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	15.54	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	15.54	Interior Iberian salt pan meadows	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	15.54		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	15.54		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	15.54		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	15.154		same

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