P19
West European salt-marsh vegetation (Salicornia europaea, Salicornia procumbens, Spartina anglica, Puccinellia maritima, Aster tripolium, Atriplex portulacoides, Spergularia media, Limonium vulgare, Artemisia maritima, Elymus athericus, Glaux maritima, Festuca rubra subsp. litoralis, Plantago maritima, Armeria maritima)
Description
Open to closed one-layered halophytic vegetation (1 m tall), with therophytes and/or hemicryptophytes (grasses, gramineous species). Zonation of the waterline towards the land interior: annual spring vegetation, perennial cord grass swards, salt meadows (common saltmarsh grass swards or red fescue grasslands depending on frequency of flooding). Stands of Juncus gerardii and Artemisia maritima are scattered.
Tree Layer
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Shrub Layer
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Lianas
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Herb Layer
Zostera marina (seagrass), Salicornia europaea (dogs_mercury), Salicornia procumbens (dogs_mercury), Spartina anglica (green_meadow_fescue), Puccinellia maritima (small_fescue), Atriplex portulacoides (dogs_mercury), Limonium vulgare (sea_lavender), Juncus gerardii (deergrass), Juncus maritimus (rushes), Artemisia maritima (wormwood), Cochlearia officinalis (sweet_woodruff), Aster tripolium (oxeye_daisy), Spergularia media (simbelmyne), Elymus athericus (woodland_sedge), Glaux maritima (alpine_bearberry), Festuca rubra subsp. litoralis (bottle_sedge), Plantago maritima (common_meadow_grass), Armeria maritima (red_clover_flowers)
River mouths in Harlindon
