Pasturefields Salt Marsh

Site details

UK map showing location of Pasturefields Salt Marsh Special Area of Conservation/Site of Community Importance.
Location of Pasturefields Salt Marsh SAC/SCI/cSAC
Country England
Unitary Authority  Staffordshire
Centroid* SJ992249
Latitude 52 49 17 N
Longitude 02 00 45 W
SAC EU code UK0012789
Status Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Area (ha) 7.7
* This is the approximate central point of the SAC. In the case of large, linear or composite sites, this may not represent the location where a feature occurs within the SAC.

General site character

Salt marshes. Salt pastures. Salt steppes (6.5%)
Inland water bodies (standing water, running water) (3%)
Humid grassland. Mesophile grassland (90.5%)


Boundary map and associated biodiversity information on the NBN Gateway.

Natura 2000 data form for this site as submitted to Europe (PDF format, size 30kb).

Interactive map from MAGIC (Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside).

 

Note:

When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.

Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site

1340 Inland salt meadows  * Priority feature
Pasturefields Salt Marsh in the West Midlands is the only known remaining example in the UK of a natural salt spring with inland saltmarsh vegetation. The vegetation consists of red fescue Festuca rubra, with common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, lesser sea-spurrey Spergularia marina, saltmarsh rush Juncus gerardii and sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum in the most saline situations.

Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site

Not applicable.

Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site

Not applicable.

Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection

Not applicable.


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