Salicornia europaea
Ecology
An annual found at all levels of sandy or muddy saltmarshes, in saltmarsh-sand dune transitions and wet, tidally inundated dune-slacks; also, more rarely, in relict saltmarsh and other open saline areas behind sea-walls. Halliday (1997) notes that in Cumbria S. europaea is probably the only Salicornia species able to persist on grazed marshes. Lowland.
Status
Trends
This taxon was not mapped in the 1962 Atlas and there is no reliable information on trends in its distribution. It is uncertain whether S. europaea has been under- or over-recorded, and in the past it has been confused with S. ramosissima.
World Distribution
Circumpolar Wide-temperate element.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 9
Moisture (Ellenberg): 8
Reaction (Ellenberg): 8
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 9
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4.5
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 15.2
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1038
Height (cm): 35
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 241
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 77
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 1
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
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1959. Notes on annual species of Salicornia in Britain. Watsonia. 4:193-205.
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1989. An experts approach to the Salicornia problem. BSBI News. 53:9-10.
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1989. A non-expert’s approach to the Salicornia problem. BSBI News. 53:11-12.
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1998. Plant crib 1998.