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Saltmarsh - Natura 2000 codes and equivalent NVC categories

Codes Directive Name National Vegetation Classification communities, relevant pages (Rodwell 2000), applicable to the UK only
Atlantic and continental saltmarshes and salt meadows
1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand

SM7 Arthrocnemum perenne stands (Pages 43-44)
SM8 Annual Salicornia saltmarsh (Pages 45-46)
SM9 Suaeda maritima saltmarsh (Pages 47-48)

1320 Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae) SM4 Spartina maritima saltmarsh (Page 37)
SM5 Spartina alterniflora saltmarsh (Page 38)
[SM6 Spartina anglica saltmarsh] (Pages 39-42)
1330 Atlantic salt meadows(Glauco-puccinelietalia maritimae)

SM10 Transitional low-marsh vegetation (Pages 49-50)
SM11 Aster tripolium var. discoideus saltmarsh (Pages 51-52)
SM12 Rayed Aster tripolium saltmarsh (Page 54)
SM13 Puccinellia maritima saltmarsh (Page 55-63)
SM14 Halimione portulacoides saltmarsh (Pages 64-67)
SM15 Juncus maritimus-Triglochin maritima saltmarsh (Pages 68-70)
SM16 Festuca rubra saltmarsh (Pages 71-83)
SM17 Artemisia maritima saltmarsh (Pages 84-85)
SM18 Juncus maritimus saltmarsh (Pages 86-89)
SM19 Blysmus rufus saltmarsh (Pages 90-91)

SM20 Eleocharis uniglumis community (Pages 92-93)

SM27 Ephemeral saltmarsh vegetation with Sagina maritima (Page 109)

Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic saltmarshes and salt meadows
1420 Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornitia fruticosi) SM7 Arthrocnemum perenne stands (Pages 43-44)
SM21 Suaeda vera-Limonium binervosum saltmarsh (Pages 94-96)
SM25 Suaeda vera saltmarsh
    SM22 Halimione portulacoides-Frankenia laevis saltmarsh
SM23 Spergularia marina-Puccinellia distans saltmarsh

SM24 Elymus pycnanthus saltmarsh
SM26 Inula crithmoides on saltmarshes
SM28 Elymus repens saltmarsh

Table: Coastal habitats of Community interest (saltmarshes) forming the basis for the selection of Special Areas for Conservation (SAC's). From the Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats, European Commission, October 1999.

References

Rodwell, J.S. 2000. British Plant Communities. Volume 5 Maritime Communities and Vegetation of Open Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 512 pp.

 
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