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Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities

English name: Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities

Description (English)

Beach and upper beach formations, mostly of annuals of the low Arctic and high Arctic oceanic zones of the Palaearctic Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans, occupying accumulations of drift material and gravels rich in nitrogenous organic matter; characteristic are Cakile edentula, Polygonum norvegicum (Polygonum oxyspermum ssp. raii), Atriplex longipes s.l., Atriplex glabriuscula, Mertensia maritima.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code B2.11
Bern Convention	Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (B2.1)
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	Annual vegetation of drift lines	1210	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	Baltic esker islands with sandy, rocky and shingle beach vegetation and sublittoral vegetation	1610	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Atriplex glabriuscula

Flowering Plants Atriplex longipes

Flowering Plants Cakile edentula

Flowering Plants Mertensia maritima

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Atriplex glabriuscula		Flowering Plants
Atriplex longipes		Flowering Plants
Cakile edentula		Flowering Plants
Mertensia maritima		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	17.21	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.1.	Beaches, dunes, and sand plains	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.2.1.4	Orache-Knotgrass type	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	B2.11	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	B2.11	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	B2.11	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	B2.11	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	B2.11	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B6.11	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	17.21	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	17.21	Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	17.21		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	17.21		same

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