Suaeda maritima
Ecology
An annual found in the middle and lower parts of saltmarshes, often with Salicornia species. It is an early colonist of intertidal mud- and sand-flats, sometimes also occurring higher up in salt-pans and drift-lines, on shell and shingle banks, and in thinly vegetated brackish areas behind sea-walls. Lowland.
Status
Trends
There is no evidence of any change in the distribution of this species since the 1962 Atlas.
World Distribution
Eurasian Southern-temperate element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 9
Moisture (Ellenberg): 8
Reaction (Ellenberg): 8
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 7
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4.3
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.9
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1094
Height (cm): 30
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 525
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 141
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 6
Atlas Change Index: -0.47
Weighted Changed Factor: -2
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish plants. (.zip 1455KB) This dataset was compiled and published in 2004, and last updated in November 2008. Download includes an Excel spreadsheet of the attributes, and a PDF explaining the background and nomenclature. Note that the PDF version is the booklet as published, whereas the Excel spreadsheet incorporates subsequent corrections. A hardcopy can be purchased from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
Atlas text references
References: Atlas (85d)
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1990. Saltmarsh ecology.
Chapman (1947a)
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Jalas & Suominen (1980)