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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...
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...
SS.SSa.IMuSa.SsubNhom Spisula subtruncata and Nephtys hombergii in shallow muddy sand
Published date 2015-03In shallow non-cohesive muddy sands, in fully marine conditions, a community characterised by the bivalve Spisula subtruncata and the polychaete Nephtys hombergii may occur. The sediments in which thi...
SS.SCS.ICS.HchrEdw Halcampa chrysanthellum and Edwardsia timida on sublittoral clean stone gravel
Published date 2015-03Periodically disturbed sublittoral stone gravel with small pebbles characterised by the presence of the anemones Halcampa chrysanthellum and Edwardsia timida. Associated species are often typical of a...