R3
Brackish water tall reed vegetation, alternating with salt meadows (Elymus repens, Alopecurus arundinaceus, Aeluropus littoralis, Puccinellia spp.) and halophytic herb communities (Salicornia europaea, Salsola mutica, Suaeda spp.)
Description
Two- to three-layered brackish water reed vegetation, lower than the freshwater reed vegetation (80-120 cm), usually more or less densely closed stands. In complex with salt meadows and halophytic vegetation.
R3a (brackish water veg):
Biome:
Large, dense communities of dry_reeds and rushes
One block tall only
R3b (salt meadows):
Biome:
Grass mix: grass, bottle_sedge, small_fescue, (green?) meadow_fescue
Large patches of sedge, common_meadow_grass, sweet_grass, deergrass
Scattered: rock_rose, oxeye_daisy, wild_shrub
R3c (halophytes):
Biome: (should be green/vibrant)
sea-arrowgrass dominates (~90%); patches of sea_lavender, dogs_mercury
Scattered blackberry_bush
Dense patches of dogs_mercury also appear in the shallows
Tree Layer
No detail
Shrub Layer
No detail
Lianas
No detail
Herb Layer
R3a: Phragmites australis (dry_reeds), Bolboschoenus maritimus (rushes), Schoenoplectus tabernaemontanei (rushes), Schoenoplectus triqueter (rushes), Schoenoplectus litoralis (rushes)
R3b: Aster tripolium (oxeye_daisy), Lotus tenuis (rock_rose), Apium graveolens, Juncus subulatus (sedge), Elymus repens (bottle_sedge), Alopecurus arundinaceus (common_meadow_grass), Aeluropus littoralis (deergrass), Puccinellia distans (sweet_grass), Puccinellia limosa (small_fescue), Artemisia santonicum (wild_shrub), Leymus ramosus (meadow_fescue)
R3c: Limonium suffruticosum (sea_lavender), Salicornia europaea (dogs_mercury), Salsola mutica (blackberry_bush), Suaeda altissima, Petrosimonia oppositifolia (dogs_mercury), Halocnemum strobilaceum (sea_arrowgrass)
Gondorian river mouths, particularly at the mouths of the Anduin; also where the Celduin flows into the Sea of Rhûn
