Atlantic and Baltic soft sea cliff
Description (English)
Coastal loamy cliffs, with a bedrock of clays, shales or loamy sands, erode much quicker than cliffs with a hard bedrock, and therefore usually have a less steep slope and are often unstable. Along the Atlantic and Baltic coasts, they harbour relatively common and widespread species, even though a range of different micro-habitats may be found with ephemeral plant communities on the bare sediments, rank grasslands and scrub on more stable ground and flush vegetation around seepages.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code N34 |
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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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Silene uniflora | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago coronopus | Flowering Plants | |
Brassica oleracea | Flowering Plants | |
Anthyllis vulneraria | Flowering Plants | |
Erodium maritimum | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca rubra | Flowering Plants | |
Daucus carota | Flowering Plants | |
Cochlearia danica | Flowering Plants | |
Cerastium diffusum | Flowering Plants | |
Tortula viridifolia | Mosses & Liverworts |
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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Festuca rubra | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago coronopus | Flowering Plants | |
Anthyllis vulneraria | Flowering Plants | |
Daucus carota | Flowering Plants | |
Silene uniflora | Flowering Plants | |
Dactylis glomerata | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago lanceolata | Flowering Plants | |
Lotus corniculatus | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis stolonifera | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium repens | Flowering Plants | |
Leontodon saxatilis | Flowering Plants | |
Sonchus oleraceus | Flowering Plants | |
Hypochaeris radicata | Flowering Plants | |
Centaurium erythraea | Flowering Plants | |
Brassica oleracea | Flowering Plants | |
Tussilago farfara | 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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Silene uniflora | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago maritima | Flowering Plants | |
Plantago coronopus | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca rubra | Flowering Plants | |
Anthyllis vulneraria | Flowering Plants | |
Tussilago farfara | Flowering Plants | |
Daucus carota | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | B3.4 | Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | B3.4a | Atlantic and Baltic soft sea cliff | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | B3.4 | Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | B3.4 | Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | B3.4 | Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | B3.4 | Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | B3.5 | Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | B7.4 | Soft sea-cliffs, often vegetated | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 18.4 | Deposit sea-cliffs | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 18.4 | Deposit sea-cliffs | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 18.4 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 18.4 | same |