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Studland to Portland

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Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Country England Unitary Authority Extra-Regio Centroid * SY881728 Latitude 50.555 Longitude -2.168 SAC EU Code UK0030382 Status Designated Special Area of...

Large shallow inlets and bays

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Marine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Large shallow inlets and bays are habitat complexes which comprise an interdependent mosaic of subtidal and intertida...

Mountain hay meadows

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Natural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type comprises species-rich upland hay meadows on brown earth soils. It is a northern and sub-mont...

Submerged or partially submerged sea caves

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Rocky habitats and caves Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type includes submerged sea caves and also partially submerged caves which are only exposed to the sea at high tide. Ca...

Limestone pavements

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Rocky habitats and caves Description and ecological characteristics Limestone pavements are outcrops of rock, typically horizontal or gently inclined, although a few are steeply inclined. The surface ...

Estuaries

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Marine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Estuaries are habitat complexes which comprise an interdependent mosaic of subtidal and intertidal habitats, which ar...

Dunes with Hippophae rhamnoides

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Coastal 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

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Temperate 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

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Raised 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...

Inland salt meadows

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Marine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics Inland salt meadows refer to non-coastal sites supporting saltmarsh vegetation. In the UK this vegetation corresponds...