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Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
Published dateFreshwater 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...
Dunes with Hippophae rhamnoides
Published dateCoastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics Dunes with Hippophae rhamnoides comprise scrub vegetation on more-or-less stable sand dunes in which sea-buckthorn H...
Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
Published dateTemperate 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...
Alkaline fens
Published dateRaised bogs and mires and fens Description and ecological characteristics Alkaline fens consist of a complex assemblage of vegetation types characteristic of sites where there is tufa and/or peat form...
Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics Yew Taxus baccata woodland occurs on shallow, dry soils usually on chalk or limestone slopes, but in a few areas stands on more mesotrophic soils are...
Violet click beetle [Limoniscus violaceus]
Published dateInvertebrate species: arthropods Description and ecological characteristics The violet click beetle Limoniscus violaceus is primarily associated with ancient trees, as it develops in undisturbed wood-...
Green shield-moss [Buxbaumia viridis]
Published dateLower plant species Description and ecological characteristics Green shield-moss Buxbaumia viridis is a highly-specialised and atypical moss with much-reduced leaves arising from a protonemal mat (i.e...
Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the shrublayer (Quercion robori-petraeae or Ilici-Fagenion)
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type comprises beech Fagus sylvatica forests with holly Ilex , growing on acid soils, in a humid Atlantic climate. Sites of this habitat...
Bottlenose dolphin [Tursiops truncatus]
Published dateVertebrate species: mammals Description and ecological characteristics Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus around the UK are considerably larger than individuals of the same species in most parts of...
Geyer's whorl snail [Vertigo geyeri]
Published dateInvertebrate species: molluscs Description and ecological characteristics Throughout its range the tiny Geyer’s whorl snail Vertigo geyeri is local and found in relatively exposed, constantly humid ca...