Atlantic and Baltic moist and wet dune slack
Description (English)
Dune slacks develop in Atlantic and Baltic dune systems as moist-wet depressions between dune ridges. Primary slacks originate from the development of the beach-dune-slack-system, while secondary slacks occur where blow-outs have lowered the sand level of dune systems to that of groundwater or, unusually in the Wadden Sea, where parts of barrier islands are occasionally flooded by tidal inundation (so-called
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code N1H |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Salix repens | Flowering Plants | |
Hydrocotyle vulgaris | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Holcus lanatus | Flowering Plants | |
Salix repens | Flowering Plants | |
Phragmites australis | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca rubra | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium repens | Flowering Plants | |
Hydrocotyle vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Mentha aquatica | Flowering Plants | |
Carex flacca | Flowering Plants | |
Calliergonella cuspidata | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Carex nigra | Flowering Plants | |
Lotus corniculatus | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus articulatus | Flowering Plants | |
Carex arenaria | Flowering Plants | |
Ranunculus repens | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago lanceolata | Flowering Plants | |
Galium palustre | Flowering Plants | |
Anthoxanthum odoratum | Flowering Plants | |
Prunella vulgaris | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Salix repens | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Phragmites australis | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca rubra | Flowering Plants | |
Calliergonella cuspidata | Mosses & Liverworts |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | B1.9 | Machair | overlap |
European Red List of Habitats | B1.8a | Atlantic and Baltic moist and wet dune slack | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | B1.8 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B5.4 | Moist and wet dune slacks | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 16.3 | Humid dune-slacks | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 16.3 | Humid dune-slacks | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 16.3 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 16.3 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 16.3 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 16.3 | same |