Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines

English name: Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines

Description (English)

Communities of annuals forming on accumulations of organic debris in saltmarshes and saline depressions of the Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coasts and of endoreic (closed drainage) basins of the Mediterranean interior, in particular, of mediterranean Iberia, with Atriplex hastata, Suaeda splendens, Suaeda maritima, Bassia hirsuta, Salsola soda, Rumex pulcher.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code A2.513
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (A2.5)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Atriplex hastata
Flowering Plants Bassia hirsuta
Flowering Plants Rumex pulcher
Flowering Plants Salsola soda
Flowering Plants Suaeda maritima
Flowering Plants Suaeda splendens
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Atriplex hastata Flowering Plants
Bassia hirsuta Flowering Plants
Rumex pulcher Flowering Plants
Salsola soda Flowering Plants
Suaeda maritima Flowering Plants
Suaeda splendens Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 15.56 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines source
CORINE Land Cover 4.2.1. Salt marshes n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 A2.513 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 A2.613 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 A2.613 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 A2.613 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 A2.653 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B3.46 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 15.56 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 15.56 Mediterranean saltmarsh driftlines same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 15.56   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 15.56   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 15.56   same
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