Concept: Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge beds in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A2.53
Preferred label	Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge beds
Definition	Closed saltmarsh meadows, more species-rich than in low-mid saltmarsh, dominated by graminoids [Blysmus rufus], [Carex extensa], [Festuca rubra], [Juncus gerardi], [Puccinellia] spp.; also [Armeria maritima], [Artemisia maritima], [Frankenia laevis]. Marine saline or brackish beds of [Hippuris tetraphylla], [Juncus maritimus], [Phragmites australis].
Notation	A2.53
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Added qualifier "Marine", 29/06/2005
Has broader	A2.5 (Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A2.531 (Atlantic upper shore communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.532 (Mediterranean halo-psammophile meadows) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.533 (Upper shore arctic salt meadows) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.534 (Sulphurous arctic salt meadows) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.535 ([Juncus maritimus] mid-upper saltmarshes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.536 ([Juncus maritimus] mid-upper saltmarshes with [Triglochin maritima]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.537 ([Eleocharis uniglumis] mid-upper saltmarshes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.538 ([Blysmus rufus] mid-upper saltmarshes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.539 (Mid-upper saltmarshes: [Artemisia maritima] with [Festuca rubra], or open canopy of [Artemisia maritima] and [Halimione]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.53A ([Festuca rubra] mid-upper saltmarshes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.53B (Mid-upper saltmarshes: sub-communities of [Festuca rubra] with [Agrostis stolonifera], [Juncus gerardi], [Puccinellia maritima], [Glaux maritima], [Triglochin maritima], [Armeria maritima] and [Plantago maritima]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.53C (Marine saline beds of [Phragmites australis]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.53D (Geolittoral wetlands and meadows: saline and brackish reed, rush and sedge stands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1852