Problem
Threatened salt flats habitats
Other Names:
Endangered salt-crusted flatsThreatened dry saline habitats
Background:
Flooded after periods of heavy precipitation; waterlogged within few inches of surface during the growing season. Vegetation: seablite, salt grass, saltbush. Fall waterfowl feeding areas.
Soil waterlogged during growing season. Sites occasionally to fairly regularly covered by high tide. Landward sides or islands within salt meadows and marshes. Salt grass, seablite, saltwort.
Broader Problems:
Threatened rangeland habitatsThreatened unvegetated habitatsThreatened tropical desert habitatsThreatened permanent inland delta habitats Narrower Problems:
Threatened intertidal salt flat habitats Related Problems:
Threatened mudflat habitatsThreatened salt marsh habitatsThreatened seasonal freshwater lake habitatsThreatened seasonal inland saline lake habitatsThreatened palustrine unconsolidated shore habitats Values:
EndangeredThreat Subject(s):
Fundamental Sciences → Inorganic chemical compoundsGeography → Wild
Societal Problems → Endangered species
Societal Problems → Vulnerability
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
22.06.2016 – 02:25 CEST