MA224 Atlantic mid-low saltmarshes
Description
Strongly halophilous, somewhat patchy estuarine communities briefly bathed by almost every tide.
Protection
Protected under the code 1330 ("Atlantic salt meadows [Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae]") by the EU Habitat Directive.Floristic Composition
Frequent species
Halimione portulacoides
55%,
Puccinellia maritima
49%,
Triglochin maritima
41%,
Limonium vulgare
36%,
Sarcocornia perennis
35%,
Tripolium pannonicum
34%,
Salicornia europaea
33%,
Juncus maritimus
30%,
Plantago maritima
30%,
Armeria maritima
29%,
Spergularia media
25%,
Limbarda crithmoides
20%,
Frankenia laevis
18%,
Limonium binervosum
17%,
Suaeda maritima
15%,
Festuca rubra
14%,
Spergularia marina
9%,
Crithmum maritimum
9%,
Elytrigia atherica
8%,
Spartina maritima
8%,
Atriplex prostrata
6%,
Sarcocornia pruinosa
6%,
Paspalum vaginatum
5%
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Indicator species
Halimione portulacoides 0.53,
Puccinellia maritima 0.47,
Sarcocornia perennis 0.34,
Salicornia europaea 0.32,
Triglochin maritima 0.28,
Limonium vulgare 0.25,
Tripolium pannonicum 0.24,
Plantago maritima 0.23,
Armeria maritima 0.23,
Frankenia laevis 0.17,
Spergularia media 0.17,
Limonium binervosum 0.16,
Limbarda crithmoides 0.15,
Suaeda maritima 0.12,
Crithmum maritimum 0.07,
Spergularia marina 0.06,
Sarcocornia pruinosa 0.05,
Suaeda vera 0.03,
Limonium ovalifolium 0.02,
Limonium humile 0.02,
Spergularia rupicola 0.01,
Jasonia tuberosa 0.01,
Koeleria pyramidata 0.01,
Prunella hyssopifolia 0.01,
Elytrigia juncea 0.01,
Carex flacca 0.01,
Suaeda albescens 0,
Centaurea jacea 0,
Phleum pratense aggr. 0,
Leucanthemum pallens 0,
Deschampsia cespitosa aggr. 0,
Glandora diffusa 0,
Koeleria vallesiana 0,
Poa compressa 0,
Briza media 0,
Euphorbia portlandica 0,
Salicornia procumbens 0,
Trifolium fragiferum 0,
Bromus erectus aggr. 0,
Torilis japonica 0,
Trifolium arvense 0,
Sanguisorba minor 0,
Odontites vernus 0,
Astragalus monspessulanus 0,
Bituminaria bituminosa 0,
Brachypodium retusum 0,
Catananche caerulea 0,
Coronilla minima 0,
Angelica pachycarpa 0,
Euphorbia flavicoma 0,
Glandora prostrata 0,
Helictochloa pratensis 0,
Lepidium coronopus 0,
Lepidium didymum 0,
Leucanthemum vulgare 0,
Linum appressum 0,
Asplenium marinum 0
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Phytosociology
- Halimionetum portulacoidis
- Puccinellio maritimae-Sarcocornietum fruticosae
- Puccinellio maritimae-Sarcocornietum perennis
- Sarcocornio perennis-Limonietum vulgaris
Relations with other habitat types
These communities represent (temporally and, on average, also spatially) a transitional, increasingly elevated stage between the pioneer communities of unit MA225 and those in unit MA223.
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Regional distribution
Known occurrences and potential area of occupancy of the habitat type in the study region.
