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Natura 2000 codes and equivalent National Vegetation
Classification (NVC) categories
There are two categories covering vegetated shingle included in the EU Manual.
| Codes |
Directive Name |
NVC communities, relevant pages (Rodwell
2000), applicable to the UK only |
| 1210 |
Annual vegetation of drift lines |
Including SD 2 Honkenya peloides-Cakile
maritima strandline community (Pages 136-139) and SD 3 Matricaria
maritima-Galium aparine strandline
community (Pages 140-143). Both communities of sandy/shingle shorelines. |
| 1220 |
Perennial vegetation of stony banks
17.32 Channel sea kale communities
17.33 Atlantic sea kale communities
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SD 1 Rumex crispus-Glaucium
flavum shingle community (Pages 128-135) |
Table: Coastal habitats of Community interest (shingle) forming
the basis for the selection of Special Areas for Conservation (SACs).
From the Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats, European Commission,
October 1999.
Comment: These represent a very limited view of the vegetation that
can be found on stable shingle. NVC communities, classified under other habitats
such as Maritime Cliff (MC), may be present. MC 6 Atriplex prostrata-Beta vulgaris
ssp. maritima sea-bird cliff community can be found on beaches, which are enriched
by organic matter deposited on the strandline. Single stands of some species
may not be classified at all. On the more mature and stable areas communities
can range from grassland, to heath scrub and in a few cases woodland (Sneddon
& Randall 1993a Main Report).
References
Rodwell, J.S.
2000.
British Plant Communities. Volume 5 Maritime Communities and Vegetation of Open Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 512 pp.
Sneddon, P. & Randall, R.E.
1993a.
Coastal Vegetated Shingle Structures of Great Britain: Main Report.
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
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