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Shifting coastal dunes

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English name Shifting coastal dunes Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   B1.3 Level   3
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Mobile sands of the coasts of the boreal, nemoral, steppe, Mediterranean and warm-temperate humid zones, unvegetated or occupied by open grasslands; they may form tall dune ridges or, particularly along the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, be limited to a fairly flat upper beach, still subject in part to inundation.

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 B1.3 Shifting coastal dunes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 B1.3 Shifting coastal dunes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 B1.3 Shifting coastal dunes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 B1.3 Shifting coastal dunes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 B1.3 Shifting coastal dunes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 B5.31 Shifting coastal dunes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 16.21 Shifting dunes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 16.21 Shifting dunes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 16.21 Shifting dunes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 16.21   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 16.21   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 16.21   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 16.21   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.3.1. Beaches, dunes, and sand plains n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.1.3.1a Dune grass variant of the Faroe islands and Iceland. n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 H68 Sand-dune: open dune wider
  B Coastal habitats Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  B1 Coastal dunes and sandy shores Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Parent
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