EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > B - Coastal habitats > B1 - Coastal dunes and sandy shores > B1.1 - Sand beach driftlines

Sand beach driftlines

English name: Sand beach driftlines

Description (English)

The lowest level of the supralittoral, just above the normal tide limit, where drift material accumulates and the sand may be rich in nitrogenous organic matter. Vegetation, if present at all, is very open and composed of annuals, e.g. Atriplex spp., Cakile spp., Salsola kali, Polygonum spp.

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code B1.1
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	Annual vegetation of drift lines	1210	Overlap	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 sandy beaches with perennial vegetation	1640	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Cakilion edentulae Thannheiser 1981	Halo-nitrophilous strandline vegetation of boreo-atlantic European and Azorean coasts		Schaminee et al, 2012
Salsolo-Minuartion peploidis Tx. ex Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1952	North Atlantic and Baltic driftline communities on sandy and gravelly substrates	Salsolo-Honckenyon peploidis Tx. 1950 nom. mut. propos. (see Olsson 1974); Honckenyo-Crambion maritimae Géhu 1968; Salsolo-Minuartion peploidis Tx. 1950; Honckenyo latifoliae-Crambion maritimae Géhu et J. Géhu 1969 corr. Géhu 1998; Honckenyo-Crambion maritimae J.M. Géhu et J. Géhu 1969; Salsolo-Minuartion peploidis Tx. ex Tx. et Böckelmann 1957	Schaminee et al, 2012
Atriplicion nudicaulis Golub et al. 2003	Halo-nitrophilous strandline vegetation of Arctic White Sea coast		Schaminee et al, 2012
Euphorbion peplidis Tx. ex Oberd. 1952	Halo-nitrophilous strandline vegetation of Cantabro-Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts	Cakilion aegyptiacae Rivas-Mart. et Costa in Rivas-Mart. et al. 1980; Cakilion litoralis Pignatti 1953; Cakilion maritimae Pignatti 1953; Euphorbion peplidis Tx. 1950; Glaucio-Cakilion maritimae O. de Bolòs 1962; Salsolo-Polygonion maritimi Pignatti 1952; Salsolo-Polygonion maritimi Pignatti 1953; Thero-Atriplicion Pignatti 1952; Thero-Atriplicion Pignatti 1953	Schaminee et al, 2012
Atriplicion littoralis Nordhagen 1940	North Atlantic and Baltic strandline communities on silty substrates	Atriplici sabulosae-Salsolion kali Géhu 1975 nom. mut. propos.; Atriplici laciniatae-Salsolion kali Géhu 1975; Cakilion Oberd. 1949; Cakilion Oberd. 1950	Schaminee et al, 2012
Cakilion euxinae Géhu et al. 1994	Halo-nitrophilous strandline vegetation of Black Sea coasts	Cakilion maritimae Morariu 1957; Cakilo euxinae–Crambion maritimae Golub et al. 2006	Schaminee et al, 2012
Elymo littorei-Rumicion crispi (Nordhagen 1940) Isermann et Dengler in Isermann 2004	Boreo-atlantic pioneer vegetation of coastal shingle beaches enriched with organic detritus of Baltic and North Sea coasts	Agropyro-Rumicion Nordhagen 1940 nom. ambig. propos.; Elytrigio-Rumicion crispi Nordhagen 1940 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Fishes Salsola kali

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Salsola kali		Fishes

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	16.12	Sand beach driftline communities	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.1.	Beaches, dunes, and sand plains	n/a
Barcelona Convention 199812	I.2.	(SUPRALITTORAL) SANDS	wider
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.2.1.6	Arctic Sea Rocket type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.2.1.5	Sea Rocket type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	4.2.1.4	Orache-Knotgrass type	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	H5	Strandline vegetation	wider
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	SD3	Matricaria maritima-Galium aparine strandline community	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	B1.1	Sand beach driftlines	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	B1.1	Angiosperm communities of sand beach driftlines	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	B1.1	Angiosperm communities of sand beach driftlines	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	B1.1	Angiosperm communities of sand beach driftlines	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	B1.1	Sand beach driftline habitats	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	B5.1	Sand beach driftline habitats	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	16.12	Sand beach driftline communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	16.12	Sand beach driftline communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	16.12		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	16.12		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	16.12		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	16.12		same

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