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Dun Moss and Forest of Alyth Mires
Published dateDesignated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country Scotland Unitary Authority Eastern Scotland Centroid * NO176573 Latitude 56.7 Longitude -3.345 SAC EU Code UK0030152 Status Designated Special Are...
Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type comprises species-rich hay meadows on moderately fertile soils of river and tributary floodpl...
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...
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...
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...
Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior ( Alno-Padion , Alnion incanae , Salicion albae ) comprises woods dominated by alder Aln...