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Petalwort [Petalophyllum ralfsii]
Published dateLower plant species Description and ecological characteristics Petalwort Petalophyllum ralfsii is a pale green thalloid liverwort with erect lamellae on its upper surface, that grows in open, damp, ca...
Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
Published dateCoastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type occurs on mature, stable dunes where the initial calcium carbonate content of the dune sand is low...
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...
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...
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...
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...
IR.LIR.K.LhypSlat.Pk Mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima park on sheltered lower infralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Sheltered silted, bedrock and boulders with a park of mixed Laminaria hyperborea and Saccharina latissima. Both kelp species are sparse in the park (Frequent). Beneath the often 'cape-form' kelp canop...