Biodiversity & Conservation

Basic Information

Biotope classification

Ecology

Habitat preferences and distribution

Species composition

Sensitivity

Importance

Pioneer saltmarsh.

LS.LMp.Sm

Image Steve Morris - LMU.Sm e.g. Salicornia sp. pioneer saltmarsh Image width ca 5 m in foreground.
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LS.LMp.Sm recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

For a list of 2004 characterising species please see the JNCC website.

UK and Ireland classification

Major habitat	LS	Littoral sediment
Habitat complex	LS.LMp	Littoral macrophyte-dominated sediment
Biotope complex	LS.LMp.Sm	Saltmarsh

Additional information

European Nature Information System (EUNIS) Habitat classification code: A2.65 Pioneer saltmarshes (Davies & Moss, 1998).

This review can be cited as follows:

Tyler-Walters, H. 2001. Pioneer saltmarsh.. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 22/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatclassification.php?habitatid=25&code=2004>

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