Ecological parameter: ELLENBERG - salt figure Central Europe

Parameter group: habitat related parameters

Explanation:
The salt figure characterises the occurrence in the gradient of salt, especially chloride concentration in the root zone, valid for Central Europe.

Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Düll, R., Wirth, V. & Werner, W. (2001): Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 262pp.

Classification system: score
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:

Category name:	Abbreviations:	Explanation:
0	0	not salt supporting
1	1	salt supporting, but mostly on soils poor in salt (0 - 0.1% Cl-)
2	2	oligohaline (I), often on soils with very low chloride content (0.05 - 0.3% Cl-)
3	3	beta-mesohaline (II), mainly indicating low chloride content (0.3 - 0.5% Cl-)
4	4	alpha/beta-mesohaline (II/III), low to moderate chloride content (0.5 - 0.7% Cl-)
5	5	alpha-mesohaline (III), mostly on soils with moderate chloride content (0.7 - 0.9% Cl-)
6	6	alpha-meso/polyhaline (III/IV), (0.9 - 1.2% Cl-)
7	7	polyhaline (IV), on soils with high chloride content (1.2 - 1.6% Cl-)
8	8	euhaline (IV/V and V), on soils with very high chloride content (1.6 - 2.3% Cl-)
9	9	euhaline to hyperhaline (V - VI), on soils with high and during drought periods extreme salt content (> 2.3% Cl-)
x	x	indifferent behaviour
?	?	no information

Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:

Taxagroup	Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Liliopsida	213 / 361 - 59%
Lycopsida	3 / 12 - 25%
Magnoliopsida	6 / 20 - 30%
Polypodiopsida	10 / 19 - 52.6%
Rosopsida	292 / 399 - 73.1%
Sphenopsida	8 / 9 - 88.8%