EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > A - Marine habitats > A1 - Littoral rock and other hard substrata > A1.2 - Moderate energy littoral rock

Moderate energy littoral rock

English name: Moderate energy littoral rock

Description (English)

Moderately exposed shores (bedrock, boulders and cobbles) characterised by mosaics of barnacles and fucoids on the mid and upper shore; with fucoids and red seaweed mosaics on the lower shore. Where freshwater or sand-scour affects the shore ephemeral red or green seaweeds can dominate. Other shores support communities of mussels and fucoids in the mid to lower shore. Two biological subtypes have been described: barnacles and fucoids (A1.21) and mussels and fucoids (A1.22).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code A1.2
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Estuaries	1130	Overlap	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Large shallow inlets and bays	1160	Overlap
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Reefs	1170	Overlap

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
CORINE Land Cover	4.2.3.	Intertidal flats	n/a
Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405	LR.MLR	Moderate energy littoral rock	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	A1.2	Moderate energy littoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	A1.2	Moderate energy littoral rock	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	A1.2	Littoral rock moderately exposed to wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	A1.2	Littoral rock moderately exposed to wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	A1.2	Littoral rock moderately exposed to wave action	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	A1.3	Eulittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action	same
MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland)	MLR	Moderately exposed littoral rock (fucoid/barnacle shores)	same
MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland)	MLR		same

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