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N15 Atlantic and Baltic coastal dune grassland (grey dune)

Diagnostic taxa

Aira praecox, Ammophila arenaria, Carex arenaria, Cerastium diffusum, Cerastium semidecandrum, Corynephorus canescens, Festuca juncifolia, Festuca polesica, Galium arenarium, Herniaria ciliolata, Hieracium umbellatum, Jasione montana, Malcolmia littorea, Phleum arenarium, Sedum acre

Bryophytes: Brachythecium albicans, Syntrichia ruralis aggr.

Lichens: Cetraria aculeata

Constant taxa

Aira praecox, Ammophila arenaria, Artemisia campestris, Calamagrostis epigejos, Carex arenaria, Cerastium semidecandrum, Corynephorus canescens, Erodium cicutarium, Festuca rubra aggr., Galium verum, Helichrysum stoechas, Hieracium umbellatum, Hypochaeris radicata, Jacobaea vulgaris, Jasione montana, Leontodon saxatilis, Phleum arenarium, Plantago lanceolata, Rumex acetosella, Sedum acre

Bryophytes: Brachythecium albicans, Ceratodon purpureus, Dicranum scoparium, Hypnum cupressiforme aggr., Syntrichia ruralis aggr.

Lichens: Cetraria aculeata, Cladonia foliacea aggr., Cladonia furcata, Cladonia pyxidata aggr.

Dominant taxa

Calamagrostis epigejos, Carex arenaria, Corynephorus canescens, Helichrysum stoechas

Bryophytes: Syntrichia ruralis aggr.

Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Version 2025-10-03, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16895007.

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.