15.11332 - Mediterranean annual seablite and saltwort swards

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Suaeda spp. or Salsola spp.-dominated swards of exposed muds of coastal saltmarshes of the Mediterranean Sea and the warm-temperate Atlantic, mostly characteristic of the eastern Mediterranean basin and of muds on which organic material, in particular detritus of marine phanerogams, has accumulated; more species-rich formations characteristic of more substantial debris accumulations are listed as unit 15.56.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Salicornion patulae: Suaedetum maritimae, Salsoletum sodae

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Oberdorfer, 1952: 335-336; Knapp, 1973: 502; Babalonas, 1980: 619-620; Sfikas, 1992: 266; Julve, 1993: 40; Ilijanic, 1996: 109; Hoda & al., 1998: 3.