Fucoids on sheltered marine shores
Description (English)
Dense blankets of fucoid seaweeds dominating sheltered to extremely sheltered rocky shores and/or in locally sheltered patches on exposed to moderately exposed rocky shores. Typically, the wrack Pelvetia canaliculata (A1.311) occurs on the upper shore, with the wrack Fucus spiralis (A1.312) below. The middle shore is dominated by vast areas of the wrack Ascophyllum nodosum or the wrack Fucus vesiculosus (A1.313, A1.314) or a mixture of both. The wrack Fucus serratus covers lower shore bedrock and boulders (A1.315). Sheltered to very sheltered mixed substrata (pebbles and cobbles overlying muddy sand and gravel) shores can support fucoid communities (A1.3122; A1.3132; A1.3142; A1.3152).
Situation: Sheltered shores (i.e. estuaries and sea lochs) below the lichen dominated zone and above the kelp dominated zone in the sublittoral or sheltered patches on more wave exposed shores.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code A1.31 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Algae
Fucus serratus
Algae
Fucus spiralis
Algae
Fucus vesiculosus
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Fucus serratus | Algae | |
| Fucus spiralis | Algae | |
| Fucus vesiculosus | Algae |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Habitat Classification Britain/Ireland 0405 | LR.LLR.F | Fucoids on sheltered marine shores | source |
| CORINE Land Cover | 4.2.3. | Intertidal flats | n/a |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | A1.31 | Fucoids on sheltered marine shores | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A1.32 | Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | A1.31 | Dense fucoids on sheltered littoral rock | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A1.31 | Dense fucoids on sheltered littoral rock | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | A1.32 | Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A1.31 | Dense fucoids on sheltered littoral rock | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | A1.32 | Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A1.32 | Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered mixed substrata | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | A1.31 | Dense fucoids on sheltered rock | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A1.41 | Dense fucoids on sheltered rock | overlap |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | A1.42 | Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered mixed substrata | overlap |
| MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | SLR.FX | Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds (mixed substrata) | overlap |
| MNCR BioMar 97.06 (Britain & Ireland) | SLR.F | Dense fucoids (stable rock) | overlap |
| MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland) | SLR.F | narrower | |
| MNCR BioMar 96.7 (Britain & Ireland) | SLR.FX | same |
