Atlantic, Baltic and Arctic coastal shingle beach
These deposits of shingle are most typical of highly dynamic beaches along the Atlantic, Arctic and Baltic coasts, with concentrations along the English Channel. Often mobile and largely bare, they provide an inhospitable environment colonised only in more stable situations, with some deposition of finer material and drift detritus, by a distinctive suite of salt-tolerant and nitrophilous perennial plants. They also provide a habitat suitable for some nesting waders and seabirds and a variety of distinctive invertebrates. Locally, in southern England and the Baltic, larger apposition beaches are more extensively colonised by vegetation.
Código Eunis 2021: N21
Especies características
Diagnósticas
Atriplex glabriuscula, Atriplex laciniata, Atriplex littoralis, Atriplex praecox, Atriplex prostrata, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, Honckenya peploides, Lathyrus japonicus, Tripleurospermum maritimum,Constantes
Argentina anserina, Atriplex littoralis, Atriplex prostrata, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, Cakile maritima, Crambe maritima, Elytrigia atherica, Elytrigia juncea, Elytrigia repens, Festuca rubra, Honckenya peploides, Lathyrus japonicus, Leymus arenarius, Rumex crispus, Sonchus arvensis, Tripleurospermum maritimum, Tripolium pannonicum,Correspondencia con códigos EUNIS 2012
Tipo de relación | Código EUNIS 2012 |
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# | B2.1 |
# | B2.2 |
# | B2.3 |
# | B2.4 |
Hábitats de la Directiva Hábitats asociados
Tipo de relación | Hábitat del Anexo I de la Directiva Hábitats |
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# | 1210. Vegetación anual sobre desechos marinos acumulados |
# | 1220. Acantilados con vegetación de las costas atlánticas y bálticas |
# | 1610. |