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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...
Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics This scrubby, halophilous (i.e. salt-tolerant) vegetation develops in the uppermost levels of saltmarshes, often wher...
Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics This pioneer saltmarsh vegetation colonises intertidal mud and sandflats in areas protected from strong wave action a...
Caledonian forest
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics Caledonian forest comprises relict, indigenous pine forests of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris var. scotica , and associated birch Betula spp. and junipe...
Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type comprises a range of woodland types dominated by mixtures of oak ( Quercus robur and/or Q. petraea ) and birch ( Betula pendula and...
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...