British NVC community SM10

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British NVC community SM10 (Transitional low-marsh vegetation with Puccinellia maritima, annual Salicornia species and Suaeda maritima) is one of the saltmarsh communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

This community is found in a number of coastal areas. There are no subcommunities.

[edit] Community composition

The following constant species are found in this community:

  • Common Saltmarsh-grass (Puccinellia maritima)
  • annual species of glasswort (Salicornia spp.)
  • Annual Sea-blite (Suaeda maritima)

One rare species, Perennial Glasswort (Sarcocornia perennis), is also associated with the community.

[edit] Distribution

This community is found in coastal areas in the Solway Firth, south Cumbria, Lancashire, west and south Wales, Hampshire, The Wash and north Lincolnshire.


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The British National Vegetation Classification

Woodlands and scrub • Mires • Heaths • Mesotrophic grasslands • Calcicolous grasslands • Calcifugous grasslands and montane communities • Aquatic communities • Swamps and tall-herb fens • Saltmarshes • Shingle, strandline and sand-dunes • Maritime cliff communities • Vegetation of open habitats
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