Moist and wet dune slacks
Common name:
Moist and wet dune slacks
Habitat code:
B1.8
Description:
Moist or wet depressions in coastal dune systems, sometimes with permanent water but more often only seasonally moist or flooded by fresh water. Dune-slacks are extremely rich and specialised habitats, very threatened by the lowering of water tables.
References:
Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E., 2004
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Petalophyllum ralfsii (Wilson) Nees & Gottsche, 1844 | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
Colchicum corsicum Baker | Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000 |
Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
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EU Habitats Directive Annex I | Humid dune slacks | 2190 |
Bern Convention 1996 | Humid dune-slacks | 16.3 |
EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
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B1.86 | Coastal dunes: wet dune slacks: dominated by shrubs or trees | Coastal dunes: wet dune slacks: dominated by shrubs or trees |
B1.81 | Dune-slack pools | Dune-slack pools |
B1.82 | Dune-slack pioneer swards | Dune-slack pioneer swards |
B1.83 | Dune-slack fens | Dune-slack fens |
B1.84 | Dune-slack grassland and heaths | Dune-slack grassland and heaths |
B1.85 | Dune-slack reedbeds, sedgebeds and canebeds | Dune-slack reedbeds, sedgebeds and canebeds |