[Empetrum] brown dunes
Common name:
Crowberry brown dunes
Habitat code:
B1.51
Description:
[Empetrum nigrum] or [Empetrum hermaphroditum] colonizing dunes of the Arctic Ocean, the North Atlantic, the North Sea and the southern Baltic.
| Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
|---|---|
| Empetrum nigrum L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Empetrum nigrum ssp. hermaphroditum (Hagerup) Böcher | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
| Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
|---|---|---|
| EU Habitats Directive Annex I | Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum | 2140 |
| Bern Convention 1996 | Dunes | 16.2 |