Concept: Low-mid saltmarshes in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A2.54
Preferred label	Low-mid saltmarshes
Definition	Saltmarshes with more or less closed angiosperm vegetation. Included are grassy salt meadows dominated by [Puccinellia festuciformis] or [Aeluropus littoralis] in the Mediterranean and by [Puccinellia maritima] in northern Europe. Also characteristic are [Glaux maritima], [Halimone portulacoides], [Limonium vulgare], [Plantago maritima].
Notation	A2.54
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	A2.5 (Coastal saltmarshes and saline reedbeds) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A2.541 (Atlantic saltmarsh grass lawns) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.542 (Atlantic lower shore communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.543 (Mediterranean coastal-saltmarsh grass swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.544 (Lower shore arctic salt meadows) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.545 ([Halimione portulacoides] low-mid saltmarshes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.546 ([Puccinellia maritima] low-mid saltmarshes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.547 (Sub-communities of [Puccinellia maritima] saltmarsh with [Limonium vulgare] and [Armeria maritima]; [P. maritima] with [Glaux maritima] co-dominant in species-poor vegetation; [Puccinellia maritima] with [Plantago maritima] and/or [Armeria maritima]) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A2.548 (Annual [Salicornia], [Suaeda] and [Puccinellia maritima] low-mid saltmarshes) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1851