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Habitat types key navigation

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You can use the 'key navigation' function to identify a specific habitat by answering a set of questions. Starting from first question to next questions you select one of the possible answers. Here are samples of possible answers:
  • No ( 002 ) - Leading to question named '002'
  • Yes [ G ] - Leading to another questions subset of level G
  • No Factsheet icon[ E6 ] - Links directly to factsheet for E6
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Category : (B1 )Coastal dunes and sandy shores
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Question b01 :   Wind-blown sand over peat?
   Machair (characterised by wind-blown calcareous sand with a predominance of shell fragments usually over peat, a low proportion of sand-binding vegetation and a long history of agricultural use) (path = <strong>Yes</strong>), is distinguished from other coastal sand habitats. Note that a machair complex is defined comprising units from B1, C and I.
Answers:
Yes Factsheet icon [ B1.9 ] No (Question b02 )


Question b02 :   Surface topography
   The topography of the surface distinguishes the abrupt mounds and hollows of sand <strong>dunes</strong> from <strong>more or less level</strong> sand beach habitats.
Answers:
dunes (Question b03 ) more or less level (Question b06 )


Question b03 :   Humidity
   <strong>Dry</strong> sand dunes are distinguished from <strong>moist or wet</strong> dune slacks including dune slack pools.
Answers:
dry (Question b04 ) moist or wet Factsheet icon [ B1.8 ]


Question b04 :   Mobile?
   Unvegetated mobile sand dunes (path = <strong>Yes</strong>) are separated from dunes which have become stabilised by vegetation.
Answers:
Yes Factsheet icon [ B1.3 ] No (Question b05 )


Question b05 :   Vegetation stratum
   Predominant vegetation type is used to distinguish between: dune grassland (<strong>herbs</strong>); dune heath (predominantly ericaceous <strong>dwarf shrubs</strong>); dune scrub (<strong>shrubs</strong>); and dune woodland (<strong>trees</strong>).
Answers:
herbs Factsheet icon [ B1.4 ] dwarf shrubs Factsheet icon [ B1.5 ] shrubs Factsheet icon [ B1.6 ] trees Factsheet icon [ B1.7 ]


Question b06 :   Above driftline?
   Driftline habitats characterised by lines of wave-deposited organic material colonised by annual angiosperms are distinguished (path = <strong>No</strong>) from mobile sand beaches above the driftline. Note that freshly deposited driftlines characterised by marine invertebrates and without annual vegetation are included in A2.
Answers:
Yes Factsheet icon [ B1.2 ] No Factsheet icon [ B1.1 ]

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