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Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
Published dateCoastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type comprises common juniper Juniperus communis scrub on coastal sand dunes in a variety of situations...
Species-rich Nardus grassland, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in continental Europe)
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics Species-rich Nardus grasslands tend to develop where there is flushing through base-rich strata on siliceous be...
Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
Published dateFreshwater habitats Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type is characterised by the abundance of water-crowfoots Ranunculus spp., subgenus Batrachium ( Ranunculus fluitans , R. pe...
Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)
Published dateRocky habitats and caves Description and ecological characteristics Scree habitats consist of rock fragments covering the frost-shattered summits of mountains or accumulating on slopes below cliffs. S...
Embryonic shifting dunes
Published dateCoastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics Embryonic shifting dune vegetation exists in a highly dynamic state and is dependent on the continued operation of p...
Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics This habitat occurs on lime-rich soils and consists of short, often grazed, species-rich mixtures of mountain a...
Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Cord-grass Spartina spp. colonises a wide range of substrates, from very soft muds to shingle, in areas sheltered fro...
Perennial vegetation of stony banks
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Shingle structures develop when a sequence of foreshore beaches is deposited at the limit of high tide. More permanen...
IR.LIR.Lag.FcerUlv Fucus ceranoides and Ulva spp. on low salinity infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Permanently submerged lagoon fringes with dense communities of the wrack Fucus ceranoides and the green seaweed Ulva spp. There is typically a very limited associated biota due to low salinity conditi...
LS.LSa.MoSa.AmSco Amphipods and Scolelepis spp. in littoral medium-fine sand
Published date 2015-03Mobile clean sandy beaches on exposed and moderately exposed shores, with sediment grain sizes ranging from medium to fine, often with a fraction of coarser sediment. The sediment contains little or n...