Low-mid saltmarshes

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Common name:

Low-mid saltmarshes

Habitat code:

A2.54

Description:

Saltmarshes with more or less closed angiosperm vegetation. Included are grassy salt meadows dominated by [Puccinellia festuciformis] or [Aeluropus littoralis] in the Mediterranean and by [Puccinellia maritima] in northern Europe. Also characteristic are [Glaux maritima], [Halimone portulacoides], [Limonium vulgare], [Plantago maritima].

References:

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

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Plantago maritima L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Limonium vulgare Miller, 1768	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Glaux maritima L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Puccinellia festuciformis (Host) Parl., 1850	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
A2.545	[Halimione portulacoides] low-mid saltmarshes	[Halimione portulacoides] low-mid saltmarshes
A2.546	[Puccinellia maritima] low-mid saltmarshes	[Puccinellia maritima] low-mid saltmarshes
A2.547	Sub-communities of [Puccinellia maritima] saltmarsh with [Limonium vulgare] and [Armeria maritima]; [P. maritima] with [	Sub-communities of [Puccinellia maritima] saltmarsh with [Limonium vulgare] and [Armeria maritima]; [P. maritima] with [
A2.548	Annual [Salicornia], [Suaeda] and [Puccinellia maritima] low-mid saltmarshes	Annual [Salicornia], [Suaeda] and [Puccinellia maritima] low-mid saltmarshes
A2.544	Lower shore arctic salt meadows	Lower shore arctic salt meadows
A2.543	Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards	Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards
A2.541	Atlantic saltmarsh grass lawns	Atlantic saltmarsh grass lawns
A2.542	Atlantic lower shore communities	Atlantic lower shore communities