N34 Atlantic and Baltic soft sea cliff
Coastal loamy cliffs, with a bedrock of clays, shales or loamy sands, erode much quicker than cliffs with a hard bedrock, and therefore usually have a less steep slope and are often unstable. Along the Atlantic and Baltic coasts, they harbour relatively common and widespread species, even though a range of different micro-habitats may be found with ephemeral plant communities on the bare sediments, rank grasslands and scrub on more stable ground and flush vegetation around seepages.
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Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.
For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.