Central Eurasian solonchak grassland with [Crypsis]

General Information Species Legal instrument Next sub-divisions Natura

Common name:

Habitat code:

E6.23

Description:

Sparse solonchak formations of annual grasses of genus [Crypsis] ([Heleochloa]), accompanied by [Spergularia media] ([Spergularia marginata]), [Camphorosma annua], [Spergularia marina] ([Spergularia salina]), [Salicornia] spp., [Lepidium latifolium], [Chenopodium] spp., [Atriplex] spp., colonizing drying muds of humid depressions of the salt steppes and saltmarshes (c.f. unit E6.21) of Eurasia, from Pannonia to the Far East.

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Lepidium latifolium L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Spergularia media (L.) C.Presl	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Spergularia marina (L.) Griseb.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Camphorosma annua Pall.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Code in legal instrument
Legal instrument	Habitat type legal name	Habitat type legal code
Bern Convention 1996	Central Eurasian crypsoid communities	15.14

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
E6.231	Ponto-Pannonic [Acorellus] community	Ponto-Pannonic [Acorellus] community
E6.232	Pontic [Frankenia pulverulenta] communities	Pontic [Frankenia pulverulenta] communities

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
A00050027		A00050027	YGROTOPOS XEROKAMPOU