This habitat includes muddy sandy and sand-clay beaches (marshes) flooded with wind set-up, where salt-loving (halophilic) annuals grow in larger or smaller patches on wet saline soil.
Marshes are formed mainly on the flat coasts of bays, protected from strong winds and waves, and in some places on coastal meadows. Beyond the shoreline, the marshes often smoothly transition into coastal meadows (1630).
In Estonia, the salty sand and mud shores can be found on the Vormsi island, in Salinõmme in Hiiu County and near Kassari, on the southern coast of Saaremaa and Muhu islands, by the Haapsalu and Matsalu bays.
Habitat group
Coastal habitats
Habitat status
Natura 2000 habitat