Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge beds

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Common name:

Habitat code:

A2.53

Description:

Closed saltmarsh meadows, more species-rich than in low-mid saltmarsh, dominated by graminoids [Blysmus rufus], [Carex extensa], [Festuca rubra], [Juncus gerardi], [Puccinellia] spp.; also [Armeria maritima], [Artemisia maritima], [Frankenia laevis]. Marine saline or brackish beds of [Hippuris tetraphylla], [Juncus maritimus], [Phragmites australis].

References:

Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E., 2004

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Artemisia maritima L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Frankenia laevis L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Armeria maritima ssp. miscella (Merino) Malag.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juncus gerardi Loisel., 1809	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juncus maritimus Lam., 1789	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Festuca rubra Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel, 1841	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

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EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
A2.53D	Geolittoral wetlands and meadows: reed, rush and sedge stands	Geolittoral wetlands and meadows: saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge stands
A2.53C	Marine saline beds of [Phragmites australis]	Marine saline beds of [Phragmites australis]
A2.53A	[Festuca rubra] mid-upper saltmarshes	[Festuca rubra] mid-upper saltmarshes
A2.53B	Mid-upper saltmarshes: sub-communities of [Festuca rubra] with [Agrostis stolonifera], [Juncus gerardi], [Puccinellia ma	Mid-upper saltmarshes: sub-communities of [Festuca rubra] with [Agrostis stolonifera], [Juncus gerardi], [Puccinellia ma
A2.535	[Juncus maritimus] mid-upper saltmarshes	[Juncus maritimus] mid-upper saltmarshes
A2.536	[Juncus maritimus] mid-upper saltmarshes with [Triglochin maritima]	[Juncus maritimus] mid-upper saltmarshes with [Triglochin maritima]
A2.537	[Eleocharis uniglumis] mid-upper saltmarshes	[Eleocharis uniglumis] mid-upper saltmarshes
A2.538	[Blysmus rufus] mid-upper saltmarshes	[Blysmus rufus] mid-upper saltmarshes
A2.539	Mid-upper saltmarshes: [Artemisia maritima] with [Festuca rubra], or open canopy of [Artemisia maritima] and [Halimione]	Mid-upper saltmarshes: [Artemisia maritima] with [Festuca rubra], or open canopy of [Artemisia maritima] and [Halimione]
A2.533	Upper shore arctic salt meadows	Upper shore arctic salt meadows
A2.534	Sulphurous arctic salt meadows	Sulphurous arctic salt meadows
A2.532	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows	Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows
A2.531	Atlantic upper shore communities	Atlantic upper shore communities