Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines
Common name:
Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines
Habitat code:
B2.12
Description:
Formations, predominantly of annuals, occupying accumulations of drift material and gravels rich in nitrogenous organic matter on nemoral and boreonemoral beaches of the Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic; characteristic are [Cakile maritima ssp. maritima], [Cakile maritima ssp. baltica], [Salsola kali], [Atriplex] spp. (particularly [Atriplex glabriuscula]), [Polygonum] spp., [Euphorbia peplis], [Mertensia maritima], [Glaucium flavum].
| Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
|---|---|
| Mertensia maritima (L.) Gray | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Cakile maritima ssp. maritima Scop. | Subspecies mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Cakile maritima ssp. baltica (Jord. ex Rouy & Foucaud) Hyl. ex P.W.Ball | Subspecies mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondston | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Salsola kali Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Euphorbia peplis L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Glaucium flavum Crantz, 1763 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |