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Distribution of European habitat types of the Habitats Directive (2018)

by Martina Marei Viti

Distribution of European habitat types as derived from the Article 17 (Annex I) reporting of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC for the period 2013-2018. The dataset contains gridded habitats distribution data (10 km grid cells), as reported by EU28 Member States. ...(continue reading)

DOI 10.25829/hn9gx7
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Viti, M., Quoß, L. (2024). Distribution of European habitat types of the Habitats Directive (2018) (Version 1) [Dataset]. German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research. https://doi.org/10.25829/hn9gx7

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Distribution of European habitat types as derived from the Article 17 (Annex I) reporting of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC for the period 2013-2018. The dataset contains gridded habitats distribution data (10 km grid cells), as reported by EU28 Member States.
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southWest lat: 930000, lon: 600000
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Entities
Bushes with Pinus mugo and Rhododendron hirsutum (Mugo-Rhododendretum hirsuti)
Active raised bogs
Mountain hay meadows
Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)
Alluvial meadows of river valleys of the Cnidion dubii
Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels
Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae)
Pannonic loess steppic grasslands
Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on siliceous substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas, in Continental Europe)
Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites)
Rupicolous pannonic grasslands (Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis)
Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands
Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae
Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi
Alpine Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra forests
Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds
Subalpine and montane Pinus uncinata forests (* if on gypsum or limestone)
(Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines
Pannonic salt steppes and salt marshes
Pannonic inland dunes
Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoeto-Nanojuncetea
Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands
Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition - type vegetation
Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrub
Alpine rivers and the herbaceous vegetation along their banks
Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos
Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation
Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri p.p. and Bidention p.p. vegetation
European dry heaths
Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion
Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.
Euro-Siberian steppic woods with Quercus spp.
Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration
Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines
Bog woodland
Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)
Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris)
Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli
Pannonian woods with Quercus pubescens
Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion
Illyrian Fagus sylvatica forests (Aremonio-Fagion)
Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests (Erythronio-Carpinion)
Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak-sessile oak forests
Acidophilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels (Vaccinio-Piceetea)
Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus
Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
Sub-Pannonic steppic grasslands
Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae
Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)
Alkaline fens
Alpine pioneer formations of Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae
Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests
Medio-European calcareous scree of hill and montane levels
Transition mires and quaking bogs
Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii
Caves not open to the public
Luzulo-Fagetum beech forests
Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests
Medio-European subalpine beech woods with Acer and Rumex arifolius
Medio-European upland siliceous screes
Blanket bogs (* if active bog)
Pannonic sand steppes
Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Myricaria germanica
Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands
Alpine and Boreal heaths
Sub-Arctic Salix spp. scrub
Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)
Permanent glaciers
Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii)
Limestone pavements
Xeric sand calcareous grasslands
Stable xerothermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion p.p.)
Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands
Reefs
Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
Estuaries
Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
Old acidophilous oak woods with Quercus robur on sandy plains
Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the shrublayer (Quercion robori-petraeae or Ilici-Fagenion)
Wooded dunes of the Atlantic, Continental and Boreal region
Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae)
Humid dune slacks
Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)
Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariae)
Dunes with Hippophae rhamnoides
Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)
Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ("grey dunes")
Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ("white dunes")
Embryonic shifting dunes
Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)
Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Genista
Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp.
Ponto-Sarmatic deciduous thickets
Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse
Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea
Eastern sub-Mediterranean dry grasslands (Scorzoneratalia villosae)
Ponto-Sarmatic steppes
Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands
Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion
Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae)
Eastern white oak woods
Western Pontic beech forests
Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
Salix alba and Populus alba galleries
Inland salt meadows
Moesian silver lime woods
Endemic forests with Juniperus spp.
Moesian beech forests
Castanea sativa woods
Hellenic beech forests with Abies borisii-regis
Platanus orientalis and Liquidambar orientalis woods (Platanion orientalis)
High oro-Mediterranean pine forests
Large shallow inlets and bays
Submarine structures made by leaking gases
Submerged or partially submerged sea caves
Moesian silver fir forests
Rhodopide and Balkan Range Scots pine forests
Rhodope Potentilla fruticosa thickets
Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp.
Annual vegetation of drift lines
Coastal lagoons
Cupressus forests (Acero-Cupression)
Olea and Ceratonia forests
Eastern Mediterranean screes
Peat grasslands of Troodos
Scrub and low forest vegetation with Quercus alnifolia
Woodlands with Quercus infectoria (Anagyro foetidae-Quercetum infectoriae)
Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines
Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae)
Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae)
Serpentinophilous grasslands of Cyprus
Arborescent matorral with Zyziphus
Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)
Halo-nitrophilous scrubs (Pegano-Salsoletea)
Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia)
Iberian gypsum vegetation (Gypsophiletalia)
Dunes with Euphorbia terracina
Intermittently flowing Mediterranean rivers of the Paspalo-Agrostidion
Laurus nobilis thickets
Sarcopoterium spinosum phryganas
Malcolmietalia dune grasslands
Arborescent matorral with Laurus nobilis
Mediterranean temporary ponds
Cisto-Lavenduletalia dune sclerophyllous scrubs
Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
Brachypodietalia dune grasslands with annuals
Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub
Sarmatic steppe pine forest
Central European lichen Scots pine forests
Turloughs
Lakes of gypsum karst
Perennial vegetation of stony banks
Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts
Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum
Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Empetrum nigrum
Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens
Fennoscandian wooded meadows
Western Taiga
Northern boreal alluvial meadows
Fennoscandian hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests (Quercus, Tilia, Acer, Fraxinus or Ulmus) rich in epiphytes
Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods
Fennoscandian wooded pastures
Coniferous forests on, or connected to, glaciofluvial eskers
Fennoscandian herb-rich forests with Picea abies
Boreal Baltic islets and small islands
Boreal Baltic sandy beaches with perennial vegetation
Boreal Baltic coastal meadows
Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands
Nordic alvar and precambrian calcareous flatrocks
Wooded dunes with Pinus pinea and/or Pinus pinaster
Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals generally on sandy soils of the West Mediterranean, with Isoetes spp.
Crucianellion maritimae fixed beach dunes
Mountain Cytisus purgans formations
Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix
Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Paspalo-Agrostidion species and hanging curtains of Salix and Populus alba
Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Glaucium flavum
Fields of lava and natural excavations
Palm groves of Phoenix
Canarian endemic pine forests
Endemic macaronesian heaths
Macaronesian laurel forests (Laurus, Ocotea)
Riparian formations on intermittent Mediterranean water courses with Rhododendron ponticum, Salix and others
Thermophilous Fraxinus angustifolia woods
Forests of Ilex aquifolium
Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests
Quercus suber forests
Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis Iberian woods
Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica
Tetraclinis articulata forests
Abies pinsapo forests
Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods
Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp.
Oro-Iberian Festuca indigesta grasslands
Endemic phryganas of the Euphorbio-Verbascion
West Mediterranean clifftop phryganas (Astragalo-Plantaginetum subulatae)
Low formations of Euphorbia close to cliffs
Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree
Siliceous Pyrenean Festuca eskia grasslands
Vegetated sea cliffs with endemic flora of the Macaronesian coasts
Dry Atlantic coastal heaths with Erica vagans
Boreal Baltic narrow inlets
Fennoscandian natural rivers
Natural forests of primary succession stages of landupheaval coast
Nordic subalpine/subarctic forests with Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii
Palsa mires
Aapa mires
Baltic esker islands with sandy, rocky and shingle beach vegetation and sublittoral vegetation
Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles
Quercus macrolepis forests
Quercus trojana woods
Quercus frainetto woods
Aegean Quercus brachyphylla woods
Tufa cascades of karstic rivers in the Dinaric Alps
Sub-Mediterranean grasslands of the Molinio-Hordeion secalini
Dinaric dolomite Scots pine forests (Genisto januensis-Pinetum)
Pannonic inland sand dune thicket (Junipero-Populetum albae)
Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles
Apennine beech forests with Taxus and Ilex
Apennine beech forests with Abies alba and beech forests with Abies nebrodensis
Southern Apennine Abies alba forests
Holy Cross fir forests (Abietetum polonicum)
Western Carpathian calcicolous Pinus sylvestris forests
Cistus palhinhae formations on maritime wet heaths
Macaronesian mesophile grasslands
Dacian oak and hornbeam forests
Dacian Beech forests (Symphyto-Fagion)
Dobrogean beech forests
Transylvanian hot-spring lotus beds
Caledonian forest
Machairs (* in Ireland)