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Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes')
Published dateCoastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ("white dunes") encompasses most of the vegetation of uns...
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...
Ramsar Sites
Published date 2022-01-13Designated and proposed Ramsar Sites in the UK, and the UK's Overseas Territories & Crown DependenciesRamsar Sites are wetlands of international importance designated under the Ramsar Convention. ...
South of the Isles of Scilly MPA
Published date 2024-04-19Status: Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ)South of the Isles of Scilly MCZ is located approximately 15 km south of the Isles of Scilly in the Western Channel and Celtic Sea region. The seabed is dominated...