REDIAM. WMS HIC 3170-1 Temporary ponds in dunes and littoral sands (*)

Node of the Environmental Information Network of Andalusia. Junta de Andalucia. WMS service corresponding to the Habitat of Priority Community Interest 3170_1, temporary lagoons and ponds, located on sands and coastal dunes, on wind mantle, usually very shallow, which are usually found only flooded during winter and spring, with waters of low to moderate content of nutrients, characterised by a flora formed mainly by aquatic species therophyte and Mediterranean geophytes. The plant communities vary depending on the time of the drying cycle in which it is found, encompassing, according to the characteristics of the substrate, rooted floating aquatic communities, pioneer graminoid-like grasslands, small annual juncals, communities of Isoetes, different types of amphibious grasslands more or less ephemeral, characterised by species such as Cicendia filiformis, Verbena supina or several species of the genus Lythrum. Integrated into the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Andalusia, following the guidelines of the Andalusian Cartographic System.