Coastal habitats
Description (English)
Coastal habitats are those above spring high tide limit (or above mean water level in non-tidal waters) occupying coastal features and characterised by their proximity to the sea, including coastal dunes and wooded coastal dunes, beaches and cliffs. Includes free-draining supralittoral habitats adjacent to marine habitats which are normally only affected by spray or splash, strandlines characterised by terrestrial invertebrates and moist and wet coastal dune slacks and dune-slack pools. Excludes supralittoral rock pools and habitats adjacent to the sea which are not characterised by salt spray, wave or sea-ice erosion.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code B |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 1 | Coastal and halophytic communities | wider |
| Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | H | Coastlands | wider |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | B | Coastal habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | B | Coastal habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | B | Coastal habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | B | Coastal habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | B | Coastal habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B | Coastal and halophytic habitats | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 1 | Part of Coastal and halophytic communities | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 1 | Part of Coastal and halophytic communities | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 1 | wider | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 1 | wider |
