Hippophae rhamnoides dune thickets

English name: Sea-buckthorn dune thickets

Description (English)

Thickets dominated by Hippophae rhamnoides ssp. rhamnoides colonizing dry or humid dune depressions of the coasts of the North Sea, the eastern English Channel and the southern Baltic, mostly in Denmark, Germany, Poland, the Kalinin district, the Netherlands, Belgium, Northern France and southeastern and eastern England and southeastern Scotland.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code B1.611
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (B1.6)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

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
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 16.251 Sea-buckthorn dune thickets source
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.2. Moors and heathland not defined
HELCOM Baltic Sea Marine and Coastal Biotopes 1998 03.04.05 Coastal dunes: brown dunes: with dune shrubbery same
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 7.2.1.3 Hippophaë rhamnoides-type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 4.1.4.2 Red Fescue heath type on sand n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) SD18 Hippophae rhamnoides dune scrub same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 B1.611 Hippophae rhamnoides dune thickets same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 B1.611 Hippophae rhamnoides dune thickets same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 B1.611 Hippophae rhamnoides dune thickets same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 B1.611 Hippophae rhamnoides dune thickets same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 B1.611 Hippophae rhamnoides dune thickets same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 16.251 Sea-buckthorn dune thickets same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 16.251 Sea-buckthorn dune thickets same
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