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Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type is typically found on ungrazed upland cliff ledges, occasionally extending on to open ground,...
Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.
Published dateFreshwater habitats Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type is characterised by water with a high base content, most often calcium but very rarely magnesium, and is usually confin...
Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics In south-east England there are woodland stands of oak Quercus spp. with some hornbeam Carpinus betulus that are considered closer to this central Eu...
Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix
Published dateTemperate heath and scrub Description and ecological characteristics Heathlands containing cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix and the nationally rare Dorset heath E. ciliaris are generally found on aci...
Dry Atlantic coastal heaths with Erica vagans
Published dateTemperate heath and scrub Description and ecological characteristics This priority habitat type comprises coastal heaths on well-drained, moderately base-rich soils in areas with a warm oceanic climat...
Blanket bogs
Published dateRaised bogs and mires and fens Description and ecological characteristics These extensive peatlands have formed in areas where there is a climate of high rainfall and a low level of evapotranspiration...
Alpine and Boreal heaths
Published dateTemperate heath and scrub Description and ecological characteristics Alpine heaths develop above the natural altitudinal tree-line. Boreal heaths develop below the tree-line in gaps among scrubby high...
CR.HCR.XFa.CvirCri Corynactis viridis and a mixed turf of crisiids, Bugula, Scrupocellaria, and Cellaria on moderately tide-swept exposed circalittoral rock
Published date 2015-03This biotope typically occurs on wave-exposed, vertical or steep, circalittoral bedrock or large boulders, usually subject to moderate or strong tidal streams. It is characterised by dense aggregation...
LS.LSa.MoSa.BarSa Barren littoral coarse sand
Published date 2015-03Freely-draining sandy beaches, particularly on the upper and mid shore, which lack a macrofaunal community due to their continual mobility. Trial excavations are unlikely to reveal any macrofauna in t...
LR.HLR.FR.Him Himanthalia elongata and red seaweeds on exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Exposed to moderately exposed lower eulittoral bedrock characterised by the wrack Himanthalia elongata with a dense turf of red seaweeds beneath. H. elongata may occur on tide-swept, sheltered shores ...