Atlantic [Juncus maritimus] beds

Common name:
Atlantic [Juncus maritimus] beds
Habitat code:
A2.531A
Description:

Saltmarsh communities of the Atlantic, the North Sea and the southern Baltic, dominated by, or rich in, [Juncus maritimus], with [Oenanthe lachenalii] and, locally, in Poland in particular, [Samolus valerandi], mostly characteristic of the upper shore, in moderately salty or brackish conditions, of the sandy-clayey transition to green beaches, also occurring, in the southern Baltic, on brackish lower shores.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Samolus valerandi Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juncus maritimus Lam., 1789 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
111326157 111326157 VOGELFREISTAETTE OEHE-SCHLEIMUENDE:
1D1542100 1D1542100 NATIONALPARK VORPOMMERSCHE BODDENLANDSCHAFT
1D1543103 1D1543103 DER BOCK UND HOHE DUENE VON PRAMORT
G01100200 G01100200 WOLIN I UZNAM
1D1444104 1D1444104 DORNBUSCH, SCHWEDENHAGENER UFER UND ALT BESSIN
1D1544107 1D1544107 GELLEN UND GAENSEWERDER
1D1444105 1D1444105 FAEHRINSEL
1D1444106 1D1444106 DUENENHEIDE