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Humid dune slacks

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Coastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics Dune slacks are low-lying areas within dune systems that are seasonally flooded and where nutrient levels are low. T...

Submerged or partially submerged sea caves

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Rocky habitats and caves Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type includes submerged sea caves and also partially submerged caves which are only exposed to the sea at high tide. Ca...

Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts

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Marine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Vegetated sea cliffs are steep slopes fringing hard or soft coasts, created by past or present marine erosion, and su...

Inland salt meadows

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Marine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Inland salt meadows refer to non-coastal sites supporting saltmarsh vegetation. In the UK this vegetation corresponds...

Estuaries

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Marine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Estuaries are habitat complexes which comprise an interdependent mosaic of subtidal and intertidal habitats, which ar...

Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix

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Temperate heath and scrub Description and ecological characteristics Wet heath usually occurs on acidic, nutrient-poor substrates, such as shallow peats or sandy soils with impeded drainage. The veget...

Mountain hay meadows

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Natural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type comprises species-rich upland hay meadows on brown earth soils. It is a northern and sub-mont...

Machairs

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Coastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics Machair is a distinctive sand dune formation formed by a particular combination of physical factors, including clima...

Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)

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Coastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type occurs on mature, stable dunes where the initial calcium carbonate content of the dune sand is low...

Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)

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Freshwater habitats Description and ecological characteristics This type of waterbody is restricted to sandy plains that are acidic and low in nutrients, and are therefore very scarce. The water is ty...