N1-4 - Dunes côtières mobiles de la Méditerranée, de la Macaronésie et de la mer Noire (EUNIS 2022)

N1-4 - Dunes côtières mobiles de la Méditerranée, de la Macaronésie et de la mer Noire

Mediterranean, Macaronesian and Black Sea shifting coastal dune

N1-3 - Dunes côtières mobiles de l'Atlantique et de la Baltique

N1-5 - Pelouses des dunes côtières fixées (dunes grises) de l'Atlantique et de la Baltique

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Primary, shifting ('white') dunes of dynamic coastal sands around the Black and Mediterranean Seas, and into the Atlantic around SW Iberia and Macaronesia. Early pioneers upshore from the strandline catch sand blown from the beach and initiate embryo dune development. These may come and go with subsequent storms, or continue to build higher mobile white dunes that move inland. Except in Macaronesia, the dominant plant in the middle to later stages is Ammophila arenaria (subsp. arundinacea in the Mediterranean), and the associated flora on the permeable, impoverished sands is limited and sparse.

Espèces diagnostiques

Echinophora spinosa, Medicago marina, Eryngium maritimum, Elytrigia juncea, Euphorbia paralias, Cyperus capitatus, Cutandia maritima, Achillea maritima, Sporobolus pungens, Calystegia soldanella, Pancratium maritimum, Ammophila arenaria, Cakile maritima, Anthemis maritima

Espèces constantes

Elytrigia juncea, Eryngium maritimum, Medicago marina, Ammophila arenaria, Euphorbia paralias, Cakile maritima, Pancratium maritimum, Echinophora spinosa, Cyperus capitatus, Sporobolus pungens, Calystegia soldanella, Achillea maritima, Cutandia maritima, Polygonum maritimum, Salsola kali aggr., Euphorbia peplis, Anthemis maritima

Espèces dominantes

Ammophila arenaria, Elytrigia juncea, Achillea maritima

Bibliography

European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, 2021. EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021 including crosswalks. ETC/BD-EEA. Table Excel transmise par S. Hennekens (Alterra) le 14/02/2022. (Source)