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Environmental Consulting
Researching Irish Peatlands, Fens and Wetlands - their Ecology and Conservation
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Habitat - Fossitt Habitat Types
BC1 Arable crops
BC1 Arable crops
BC1 Arable crops
BC2 Horticultural land
BC3 Tilled land
BC3 Tilled land
BC4 Flower beds and borders
BC4 Flower beds and borders
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
BL2 Earth banks
BL2 Earth banks
BL3 Buildings and artificial surfaces
BL3 Buildings and artificial surfaces
BL3 Buildings and artificial surfaces
CB1 Shingle and gravel banks
CB1 Shingle and gravel banks
CB1 Shingle and gravel banks
CB1 Shingle and gravel banks
CC1 Sea walls, piers and jetties
CD1 Embryonic dunes
CD2 Marram dunes
CD3 Fixed dunes
CD4 Dune scrub and woodland
CD5 Dune slacks
CD5 Dune slacks
CM1 Lower salt marsh
CM2 Upper salt marsh
CM2 Upper salt marsh community
CM2 Upper salt marsh
CM2 Upper salt marsh
CW1 Lagoons and saline lakes
CW1 Lagoons and saline lakes
CW2 Tidal rivers
CW2 Tidal rivers
CW2 Tidal rivers
CS1 Rocky sea cliffs
CS1 Rocky sea cliffs
CS3 Sedimentary sea cliffs
CS3 Sedimentary sea cliffs
CS3 Sedimentary sea cliffs
ED1 Exposed sand, gravel or till
ED1 Exposed sand, gravel or till
ED1 Exposed sand, gravel or till
ED2 Spoil and bare ground
ED2 Spoil and bare ground
ED3 Recolonising bare ground
ED3 Recolonising bare ground
ED3 Recolonising bare ground
ED4 Active quarries and mines
ED5 Refuse and other waste
ER1 Exposed siliceous rock
ER1 Exposed siliceous rock
ER2 Exposed calcareous rock
ER2 Exposed calcareous rock
ER2 Exposed calcareous rock
ER4 Calcareous scree and loose rock
ER4 Calcareous scree and loose rock
EU2 Artificial underground habitats
EU2 Artificial underground habitats
FL1 Dystrophic lakes
FL1 Dystrophic lakes
FL1 Dystrophic lakes
FL1 Dystrophic lakes
FL2 Acid oligotrophic lakes
FL2 Acid oligotrophic lakes
FL3 Limestone/marl lakes
FL3 Limestone/marl lakes
FL3 Limestone/marl lakes
FL4 Mesotrophic lakes
FL4 Mesotrophic lakes
FL5 Eutrophic lakes
FL6 Turloughs
FL6 Turloughs
FL7 Reservoirs
FL8 Other artificial lakes and ponds
FL8 Other artificial lakes and ponds
FL8 Other artificial lakes and ponds
FS1 Reed and large sedge swamps
FS1 Reed and large sedge swamps
FS2 Tall-herb swamps
FS2 Tall-herb swamps
FS2 Tall-herb swamps
FW1 Eroding/upland rivers
FW1 Eroding/upland rivers
FW1 Eroding/upland rivers
FW2 Depositing/lowland rivers
FW2 Depositing/lowland rivers
FW3 Canals
FW3 Canals
FW3 Canals
FW3 Canals
FW4 Drainage ditches
FW4 Drainage ditches
FW4 Drainage ditches
FW4 Drainage ditches
FP1 Calcareous springs
FP2 Non-calcareous springs
GA1 Improved agricultural grassland
GA1 Improved agricultural grassland
GA1 Improved agricultural grassland
GA1 Improved agricultural grassland
GA2 Amenity grassland (improved)
GA2 Amenity grassland (improved)
GA2 Amenity grassland (improved)
GM1 Marsh
GM1 Marsh
GM1 Iris Marsh
GM1 Marsh
GM1 Iris Marsh
GM1 Marsh with Valeriana officinalis
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
GS2 Dry meadows and grassy verges
GS2 Dry meadows and grassy verges
GS2 Dry meadows and grassy verges
GS3 Dry-humid acid grassland
GS3 Dry-humid acid grassland
GS4 Wet grassland
GS4 Wet grassland
GS4 Wet grassland
HD1 Dense Bracken
HD1 Dense Bracken
HH1 Dry siliceous heath
HH1 Dry siliceous heath
HH1 Dry siliceous heath
HH1 Dry siliceous heath
HH1 Dry siliceous heath
HH1 Dry siliceous heath on earth bank
HH3 Wet heath
HH3 Wet heath
LR1 Exposed rocky shores
LS1 Shingle and gravel shores
LR1 Exposed rocky shores
LS2 Sand shores
LR2 Moderately exposed rocky shores
LS2 Sand shores
LR3 Sheltered rocky shores
LR3 Sheltered rocky shores
LR5 Sea caves
LR5 Sea caves
PB1 Raised bog
PB1 Raised bog
PB2 Upland blanket bog
PB2 Upland blanket bog
PB3 Lowland blanket bog
PB3 Lowland blanket bog
PB4 Cutover bog
PB4 Cutover bog
PB4 Cutover bog
PB5 Eroding blanket bog
PB5 Eroding blanket bog
PF1 Rich fen and flush ** (Cladium fen)
PF1 Rich fen and flush ** (Alkaline fen)
PF2 Poor fen and flush
PF2 Poor fen and flush
PF3 Transition mire and quaking bog
PF3 Transition mire and quaking bog
WD1 (Mixed) broadleaved woodland
WD2 Mixed broadleaved/conifer woodland
WD4 Conifer plantation
WD5 Scattered trees and parkland
WN1 Oak-birch-holly woodland
WN1 Oak-birch-holly woodland
WN2 Oak-ash-hazel woodland
WN4 Wet pedunculate oak-ash woodland
WN5 Riparian woodland
WN5 Riparian woodland
WN6 Wet willow-alder-ash woodland
WN6 Wet willow-alder-ash woodland
WN6 Wet willow-alder-ash woodland
WN6 Wet willow-alder-ash woodland
WN7 Bog woodland
WN7 Bog woodland
WL1 Hedgerows
WL1 Hedgerows
WL2 Treelines
WL2 Treelines
WS1 Scrub
WS1 Scrub
WS2 Immature woodland
WS2 Immature woodland
WS3 Ornamental/non-native shrub
WS4 Short rotation coppice
WS5 Recently-felled woodland
WS5 Recently-felled woodland
© Peter Foss 2012
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