MA2-533 - Communautés halo-nitrophiles pionnières côtières en Méditerranée

Mediterranean coastal halo-nitrophilous pioneer communities

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Formations of halo-nitrophilous annuals (Frankenia pulverulenta, Suaeda splendens, Salsola soda, Cressa cretica, Parapholis incurva, Parapholis strigosa, Hordeum marinum, Sphenopus divaricatus, Polypogon maritimus, Spergularia spp., Carrichtera annua) colonizing salt muds of Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coastal regions, of Iberian and North African closed drainage basins, susceptible to temporary inundation and extreme drying. They are particularly developed in the Iberian peninsula, secondarily in the large Mediterranean islands, in coastal regions and endoreic basins of North Africa, in southern Italy and Mediterranean France. They occur as irradiations on thermo-Atlantic coasts, notably on the Atlantic coast of France.

Bibliography

European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity 2022. EUNIS marine habitat classification 2022 including crosswalks. Table Excel. (Source)