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Habitat band LS

Lower Shore

Second mapped community band along the Academy transect. This is a study-community label and transect position, not a universal ecological description.

SEAINLANDOPOpen PioneerOP: no study evidence availableLSLower ShoreLS: no study evidence availableUSUpper ShoreUS: no study evidence availableTGTall GrassTG: no study evidence availablecommunity bands form a gradient · boundaries are not rigid

The transect communicates relative position and increasing inland context. It does not imply rigid boundaries, elevation values or unverified environmental tolerances.

OUR STUDY

Species recorded in our 2024 coastal-meadow sampling

13 published Atlas species occurred in LS. Records are ranked by occurrence frequency across the 30 sampled plots; this is not a complete floristic inventory of the habitat beyond this study.

FINBIF · MX.40601

Agrostis stolonifera

Poaceae

OP 90%OP: 27 / 30 plots · 90% occurrenceLS 100%LS: 30 / 30 plots · 100% occurrenceUS 27%US: 8 / 30 plots · 27% occurrenceTG 7%TG: 2 / 30 plots · 7% occurrence

67 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in LS Lower Shore

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FINBIF · MX.40207

Juncus gerardi

Juncaceae

OP 47%OP: 14 / 30 plots · 47% occurrenceLS 100%LS: 30 / 30 plots · 100% occurrenceUS 23%US: 7 / 30 plots · 23% occurrenceTG 3%TG: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrence

52 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in LS Lower Shore

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FINBIF · MX.40125

Triglochin maritima

Juncaginaceae

OP 37%OP: 11 / 30 plots · 37% occurrenceLS 57%LS: 17 / 30 plots · 57% occurrenceUS 3%US: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrenceTG 0%TG: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrence

29 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in LS Lower Shore

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FINBIF · MX.38678

Lysimachia maritima

Primulaceae

OP 43%OP: 13 / 30 plots · 43% occurrenceLS 53%LS: 16 / 30 plots · 53% occurrenceUS 0%US: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceTG 0%TG: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrence

29 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in LS Lower Shore

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FINBIF · MX.39677

Plantago maritima

Plantaginaceae

OP 57%OP: 17 / 30 plots · 57% occurrenceLS 37%LS: 11 / 30 plots · 37% occurrenceUS 3%US: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrenceTG 0%TG: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrence

29 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in OP Open Pioneer

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FINBIF · MX.38844

Argentina anserina

Rosaceae

OP 0%OP: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceLS 33%LS: 10 / 30 plots · 33% occurrenceUS 10%US: 3 / 30 plots · 10% occurrenceTG 3%TG: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrence

14 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in LS Lower Shore

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FINBIF · MX.40438

Festuca rubra

Poaceae

OP 0%OP: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceLS 30%LS: 9 / 30 plots · 30% occurrenceUS 100%US: 30 / 30 plots · 100% occurrenceTG 80%TG: 24 / 30 plots · 80% occurrence

63 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in US Upper Shore

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FINBIF · MX.40537

Elytrigia repens

Poaceae

OP 0%OP: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceLS 17%LS: 5 / 30 plots · 17% occurrenceUS 7%US: 2 / 30 plots · 7% occurrenceTG 0%TG: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrence

7 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in LS Lower Shore

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FINBIF · MX.39917

Scorzoneroides autumnalis

Asteraceae

OP 0%OP: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceLS 10%LS: 3 / 30 plots · 10% occurrenceUS 23%US: 7 / 30 plots · 23% occurrenceTG 17%TG: 5 / 30 plots · 17% occurrence

15 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in US Upper Shore

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FINBIF · MX.40269

Eleocharis palustris

Cyperaceae

OP 0%OP: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceLS 3%LS: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrenceUS 0%US: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceTG 0%TG: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrence

1 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in LS Lower Shore

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FINBIF · MX.40639

Phragmites australis

Poaceae

OP 20%OP: 6 / 30 plots · 20% occurrenceLS 3%LS: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrenceUS 3%US: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrenceTG 13%TG: 4 / 30 plots · 13% occurrence

12 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in OP Open Pioneer

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FINBIF · MX.40461

Poa pratensis

Poaceae

OP 0%OP: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceLS 3%LS: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrenceUS 0%US: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceTG 10%TG: 3 / 30 plots · 10% occurrence

4 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in TG Tall Grass

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FINBIF · MX.38972

Vicia cracca

Fabaceae

OP 0%OP: 0 / 30 plots · 0% occurrenceLS 3%LS: 1 / 30 plots · 3% occurrenceUS 17%US: 5 / 30 plots · 17% occurrenceTG 63%TG: 19 / 30 plots · 63% occurrence

25 / 120 sampled plots · highest occurrence in TG Tall Grass

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