Salt-marsh communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system

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This article gives an overview of the saltmarsh communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

[edit] Introduction

The saltmarsh communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of British Plant Communities, first published in 2000, along with the other maritime communities (those of shingle strand-line and sand-dunes and maritime cliffs) and vegetation of open habitats.

In total, 28 saltmarsh communities have been identified.

The saltmarsh communities consist of a number of separate subgroups

[edit] List of saltmarsh communities

The following is a list of the communities that make up this category:

• SM1 Zostera communities Zosterion Christiansen 1934

• SM2 Ruppia maritima salt-marsh community Ruppietum maritimae Hocquette 1927

• SM3 Eleocharis parvula salt-marsh community Eleocharitetum parvulae (Preuss 1911/12) Gillner 1960

• SM4 Spartina maritima salt-marsh community Spartinetum maritimae (Emb. & Regn. 1926) Corillion 1953

• SM5 Spartina alterniflora salt-marsh community Spartinetum alterniflorae Corillion 1953

• SM6 Spartina anglica salt-marsh community Spartinetum townsendii (Tansley 1939) Corillion 1953

• SM7 Arthrocnemum perenne stands

• SM8 Annual Salicornia salt-marsh community Salicornietum europaeae Warming 1906

• SM9 Suaeda maritima salt-marsh community Suaedetum maritimae (Conrad 1935) Pignatti 1953

• SM10 Transitional low-marsh vegetation with Puccinellia maritima, annual Salicornia species and Suaeda maritima

• SM11 Aster tripolium var. discoideus salt-marsh community Asteretum tripolii Tansley 1939

• SM12 Rayed Aster tripolium on salt-marshes

• SM13 Puccinellia maritima salt-marsh community Puccinellietum maritimae (Warming 1906) Christiansen 1927

• SM14 Halimione portaculoides salt-marsh community Halimionetum portulacoidis (Kuhnholtz-Lordat 1927) Des Abbayes & Corillion 1949

• SM15 Juncus maritimus - Triglochin maritima salt-marsh community

• SM16 Festuca rubra salt-marsh community Juncetum gerardi Warming 1906

• SM17 Artemisia maritima salt-marsh community Artemisietum maritimae Hocquette 1927

• SM18 Juncus maritimus salt-marsh community

• SM19 Blysmus rufus salt-marsh community Blysmetum rufi (G.E. & G. Du Rietz 1925) Gillner 1960

• SM20 Eleocharis uniglumis salt-marsh community Eleocharitetum uniglumis Nordhagen 1923

• SM21 Suaeda vera - Limonium binervosum salt-marsh community

• SM22 Halimione portulacoides - Frankenia laevis salt-marsh community Limonio vulgaris - Frankenietum laevis Géhu & Géhu-Franck 1975

• SM23 Spergularia marina - Puccinellia distans salt-marsh community Puccinellietum distantis Feekes (1934) 1945

• SM24 Elymus pycnanthus salt-marsh community Atriplici-Elymetum pycnanthi Beeftink & Westhoff 1962

• SM25 Suaeda vera drift-line community Elymo pycnanthi - Suaedetum verae (Arènes 1933) Géhu 1975

• SM26 Inula crithmoides on salt-marshes

• SM27 Ephermeral salt-marsh vegetation with Sagina maritima Saginion maritimae Westhoff, van Leeuwen & Adriani 1962

• SM28 Elymus repens salt-marsh community Elymetum repentis maritimum Nordhagen 1940