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European dry heaths
Published dateTemperate heath and scrub Description and ecological characteristics European dry heaths typically occur on freely-draining, acidic to circumneutral soils with generally low nutrient content. Ericaceo...
Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii)
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. C...
Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics Molinia meadows are found mainly on moist, moderately base-rich, peats and peaty gley soils, often with fluctua...
Atlantic salmon [Salmo salar]
Published dateVertebrate species: fish Description and ecological characteristics The Atlantic salmon Salmo salar is an anadromous species (i.e. adults migrate from the sea to breed in freshwater). Spawning takes p...
Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics Tilio-Acerion ravine forests are woods of ash Fraxinus excelsior , wych elm Ulmus glabra and lime (mainly small-leaved lime Tilia cordata but more ra...
Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae
Published dateRaised bogs and mires and fens Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type comprises the more species-rich examples of great fen-sedge Cladium mariscus fen, particularly those stands ...
Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type occurs on circumneutral to calcareous soils. In the UK it mostly corresponds to NVC type W12 Fagus sylvatica – Mercurialis perennis...
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies: on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia), ( note that this includes the priority feature "important orchid rich sites").
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics Festuco-Brometalia grasslands are found on thin, well-drained, lime-rich soils associated with chalk and limest...
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Intertidal mudflats and sandflats are submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide. They form a major component of ...
Stable xerothermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion p.p.)
Published dateSclerophyllous scrub (matorral) Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type comprises scrub dominated by box Buxus sempervirens on calcareous soils. Semi-natural and natural box scrub...