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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...
Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Atlantic salt meadows develop when halophytic vegetation colonises soft intertidal sediments of mud and sand in areas...
Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration
Published dateRaised bogs and mires and fens Description and ecological characteristics Degraded raised bogs occur where there has been widespread disruption, usually by man, to the structure and function of the pe...
Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
Published dateRocky habitats and caves Description and ecological characteristics Chasmophytic vegetation consists of plant communities that colonise the cracks and fissures of rock faces. The type of plant communi...
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...
Mediterranean temporary ponds
Published dateFreshwater habitats Description and ecological characteristics Mediterranean temporary ponds consist of winter-flooded areas, which dry out to give vegetation rich in annuals; many of these are nation...
Active raised bogs
Published dateRaised bogs and mires and fens Description and ecological characteristics Active raised bogs are peat-forming ecosystems that have developed during thousands of years of peat accumulation, to such an ...