Glaucous glasswort thickets

General Information Species Natura

Common name:

Habitat code:

A2.5263

Description:

Shrubby formations of [Arthrocnemum glaucum]. Along northern Mediterranean shores, they often occupy somewhat drier sites such as shell banks in saline lagoons; in the North African coastal marshes of Cyrenaica, Tripolitana, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, they constitute the only [Arthrocnemum] formations.

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum (Moric.) K.Koch	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
Q04200101	Q04200101	LAGUNA KARAVASTASE
Q09100100	Q09100100	GRYKEDERDHJA MAT-FUSHKUQE/PATOK
200013002	200013002	RESERVE NATIONALE DE CAMARGUE
B00000001	B00000001	PARQUE NACIONAL DE DOÃ‘ANA
B00000484	B00000484	LITORAL DEL CABO DE GATA
B00010243	B00010243	ES VEDRA