Habitats and species of the Habitats Directive which occur in Scotland and for which Special Areas of Conservation are selected
Published: 2019
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
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Active raised bogs |
Active raised bogs |
Alkaline fens |
Base-rich fens |
Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion alvae) |
Alder woodland on floodplains |
Alpine and Boreal heaths |
Alpine and subalpine heaths |
Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands |
Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands |
Alpine pioneer formations of the Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae |
High-altitude plant communities associated with areas of water seepage |
Annual vegetation of drift lines |
Annual vegetation of drift lines |
Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (CallunoUlicetea) |
Coastal dune heathland |
Atlantic salt meadows (GlaucoPuccinellietalia maritimae) |
Atlantic salt meadows |
Blanket bogs |
Blanket bog |
Bog woodland |
Bog woodland |
Buxbaumia viridis |
Green shield-moss |
Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae |
Grasslands on soils rich in heavy metals |
Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) |
Base-rich scree |
Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation |
Plants in crevices on base-rich rocks |
Caledonian forest |
Caledonian forest |
Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. |
Dunes with juniper thickets |
Coastal lagoons |
Lagoons |
Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum |
Lime-deficient dune heathland with crowberry |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
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Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration |
Degraded raised bog |
Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion |
Depressions on peat substrates |
Drepanocladus (Hamatocaulis) vernicosus |
Slender green feather-moss |
Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariae) |
Dunes with creeping willow |
Embryonic shifting dunes |
Shifting dunes |
Estuaries |
Estuaries |
Euphydryas (Eurodryas, Hypodryas) aurinia |
Marsh fritillary butterfly |
European dry heaths |
Dry heaths |
Fixed dunes with herbaceous vegetation (“grey dunes”) |
Dune grassland |
Halichoerus grypus |
Grey seal |
Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp. |
Calcium-rich nutrient-poor lakes, lochs and pools |
Humid dune slacks |
Humid dune slacks |
Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels |
Tall herb communities |
Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands |
Juniper on heaths or calcareous grasslands |
Lampetra fluviatilis |
River lamprey |
Lampetra planeri |
Brook lamprey |
Large shallow inlets and bays |
Shallow inlets and bays |
Limestone pavements |
Limestone pavements |
Lutra lutra |
Otter |
Machairs |
Machair |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
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Margaritifera margaritifera |
Freshwater pearl mussel |
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide |
Intertidal mudflats and sandflats |
Najas flexilis |
Slender naiad |
Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds |
Acid peat-stained lakes and ponds |
Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition-type vegetation |
Naturally nutrient-rich lakes or lochs which are often dominated by pondweed |
Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix |
Wet heathland with cross-leaved heath |
Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles |
Western acidic oak woodland |
Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the IsoëtoNanojuncetea |
Clear-water lakes or lochs with aquatic vegetation and poor to moderate nutrient levels |
Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains: Littorelletalia uniflorae |
Nutrient-poor shallow waters with aquatic vegetation on sandy plains |
Perennial vegetation of stony banks |
Coastal shingle vegetation outside the reach of waves |
Petalophyllum ralfsii |
Petalwort |
Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) |
Hard-water springs depositing lime |
Petromyzon marinus |
Sea lamprey |
Phoca vitulina |
Common seal |
Phocoena phocoena |
Harbour porpoise |
Reefs |
Reefs |
Salicornia and other annuals colonising mud and sand |
Glasswort and other annuals colonising mud and sand |
Salmo salar |
Atlantic salmon |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
COMMON NAME |
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Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time |
Subtidal sandbanks |
Saxifraga hirculus |
Marsh saxifrage |
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies: on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) |
Dry grasslands and scrublands on chalk or limestone |
Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (“white dunes”) |
Shifting dunes with marram |
Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands |
Montane acid grasslands |
Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation |
Plants in crevices on acid rocks |
Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) |
Acidic scree |
Species-rich Nardus grassland, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in continental Europe) |
Species-rich grassland with mat-grass in upland areas |
Sub-Arctic Salix spp. scrub |
Mountain willow scrub |
Submarine structures made by leaking gases |
Submarine structures made by leaking gases |
Submerged or partially submerged sea caves |
Sea caves |
Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines |
Mixed woodland on base-rich soils associated with rocky slopes |
Transition mires and quaking bogs |
Very wet mires often identified by an unstable `quaking` surface |
Triturus cristatus |
Great crested newt |
Tursiops truncatus |
Bottlenose dolphin |
Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic coasts |
Vegetated sea cliffs |
Vertigo angustior |
Narrow-mouthed whorl snail |
Vertigo genesii |
Round-mouthed whorl snail |
Vertigo geyeri |
Geyer`s whorl snail |
Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation |
Rivers with floating vegetation often dominated by water-crowfoot |