Middle European sand beach annual communities

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Common name:

Habitat code:

B1.12

Description:

Annual halo-nitrophilous communities of the sand beaches of the temperate North Atlantic, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Irish Sea and the Baltic, with [Suaeda maritima], [Bassia hirsuta], [Cakile maritima], [Salsola kali], [Beta maritima], [Atriplex] spp., [Glaucium flavum], [Polygonum] spp., [Mertensia maritima].

References:

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

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Cakile maritima Scop.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Bassia hirsuta (Linnaeus, 1753) Aschers., 1867	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Suaeda maritima (Linnaeus, 1753) Dumort., 1827	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Salsola kali Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Glaucium flavum Crantz, 1763	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
B1.121	Baltic sand beach annual communities	Baltic sand beach annual communities

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
G01100200		G01100200	WOLIN I UZNAM
W00115011		W00115011	NAGLIU REZERVATAS