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UK List of Priority Habitats

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UK BAP HabitatMajor Changes
Aquifer Fed Naturally Fluctuating Water BodiesNo change
Arable Field MarginsRevised name; (currently Cereal field margins)
Blanket BogNo change
Blue mussel bedsNew habitat
Calaminarian GrasslandsNew habitat
Carbonate moundsNew habitat
Coastal and Floodplain Grazing MarshNo change
Coastal saltmarshNo change
Coastal Sand DunesNo change
Coastal Vegetated ShingleNo change
Cold-water coral reefs Revised name; (currently Lophelia pertusa reefs)
Deep-sea sponge communitiesNew habitat
Estuarine rocky habitatsNew habitat
Eutrophic Standing WatersNo change
File shell bedsNew habitat
Fragile sponge & anthozoan communities on subtidal rocky habitatsNew habitat
HedgerowsRevised name; expanded scope
Horse mussel beds Revised name; (currently Modiolus modiolus beds)
Inland Rock Outcrop and Scree HabitatsNew habitat
Intertidal boulder communitiesNew habitat
Intertidal chalk Revised name; (currently within Littoral and sublittoral chalk HAP)
Intertidal mudflatsRevised name; (currently Mudflats)
Limestone PavementsNo change
Lowland Beech and Yew WoodlandNo change
Lowland Calcareous GrasslandNo change
Lowland Dry Acid GrasslandNo change
Lowland FensRevised name; (currently Fens)
Lowland HeathlandNo change
Lowland MeadowsNo change
Lowland Mixed Deciduous WoodlandNo change/New Habitat
Lowland Raised BogNo change
MachairNo change
Maerl bedsNo change
Maritime Cliff and SlopesNo change
Mesotrophic LakesNo change
Mountain Heaths and Willow ScrubNew habitat
Mud habitats in deep waterNo change
Native Pine WoodlandsNo change
Oligotrophic and Dystrophic LakesNew habitat
Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed LandNew habitat (originally Post-industrial sites)
Peat and clay exposuresNew habitat
Ponds New habitat
Purple Moor Grass and Rush Pastures No change
ReedbedsNo change
RiversNew habitat, incorporating an existing habitat (Chalk Rivers). Further work by specialists is required to develop guidelines for the identification of river reaches which will be priorities for UK BAP action.
Sabellaria alveolata reefsNo change
Sabellaria spinulosa reefsNo change
Saline lagoonsNo change
Seagrass beds No change (includes both intertidal and subtidal beds)
Seamount communitiesNew habitat
Serpulid reefsNo change
Sheltered muddy gravelsNo change
Subtidal chalkRevised name; (currently within Littoral and sublittoral chalk HAP)
Subtidal sands and gravelsRevised name; (currently Sublittoral sands and gravels)
Tide-swept channelsName change and habitat expansion
Traditional OrchardsNew habitat
Upland Birchwoods No change/New Habitat
Upland Calcareous GrasslandNo change
Upland Flushes, Fens and SwampsNew habitat
Upland Hay MeadowsNo change
Upland HeathlandNo change
Upland Mixed AshwoodsNo change/New Habitat
Upland OakwoodNo change
Wet WoodlandNo change
Wood-Pasture & ParklandRevised name; expanded scope