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Bullhead [Cottus gobio]
Published dateVertebrate species: fish Description and ecological characteristics The bullhead Cottus gobio is a small bottom-living fish that inhabits a variety of rivers, streams and stony lakes. It appears to fa...
Marsh saxifrage [Saxifraga hirculus]
Published dateHigher plant species Description and ecological characteristics Marsh saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus is a an attractive, yellow-flowered perennial that requires base-rich and wet conditions. It is now c...
Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition-type vegetation
Published dateFreshwater habitats Description and ecological characteristics Natural eutrophic lakes have nutrient levels that are higher than those of oligotrophic, dystrophic or mesotrophic lakes, resulting in hi...
Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics This Annex I type comprises species-rich hay meadows on moderately fertile soils of river and tributary floodpl...
Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
Published dateForests Description and ecological characteristics Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior ( Alno-Padion , Alnion incanae , Salicion albae ) comprises woods dominated by alder Aln...
Sub-Arctic Salix spp. scrub
Published dateTemperate heath and scrub Description and ecological characteristics Sub-Arctic Salix spp. scrub is the UK’s highest-altitude shrubby vegetation, occurring on moist, relatively base-rich soils in rock...
Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
Published dateCoastal sand dunes and continental dunes Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type comprises common juniper Juniperus communis scrub on coastal sand dunes in a variety of situations...
Species-rich Nardus grassland, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in continental Europe)
Published dateNatural and semi-natural grassland formations Description and ecological characteristics Species-rich Nardus grasslands tend to develop where there is flushing through base-rich strata on siliceous be...
Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
Published dateFreshwater habitats Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type is characterised by the abundance of water-crowfoots Ranunculus spp., subgenus Batrachium ( Ranunculus fluitans , R. pe...
Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)
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. S...