Cumbria Key Habitats


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Cumbria Key Habitat Statements

UK BAP Priority habitat

Rivers

Rivers

Lakes, Ponds and Tarns

Oligotrophic and Dystrophic Lakes

Ponds

Mesotrophic Lakes

Hedgerows

Hedgerows

Traditional Orchards

Traditional Orchards

Wood-Pasture & Parkland

Wood-Pasture & Parkland

 

Semi-natural Woodland

 

Upland Oakwood

Lowland Beech and Yew Woodland

Upland Mixed Ashwoods

Wet Woodland

Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland

Lowland Dry Acid Grassland

Lowland Dry Acid Grassland

Arable Field Margins

Calcareous Grassland

Lowland Calcareous Grassland

Upland Calcareous Grassland

Hay Meadows and Pastures

Lowland Meadows

Upland Hay Meadows

Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh

Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh

Heathland

Lowland Heathland

Upland Heathland

Fen, Marsh and Swamp

Upland Flushes, Fens and Swamps

Purple Moor Grass and Rush Pastures

Lowland Fens

Reedbeds

Bogs

Lowland Raised Bog

Blanket Bog

Montane Habitats

Mountain Heaths and Willow Scrub

Rock habitats

Inland Rock Outcrop and Scree Habitats

Limestone Pavements

Calaminarian Grasslands

Calaminarian Grasslands

Previously developed land

Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land

Coastal Habitats above High Water

Maritime Cliff and Slopes

Coastal Vegetated Shingle

Coastal Sand Dunes

Coastal Intertidal Habitats

Intertidal boulder communities

Sabellaria alveolata reefs

Coastal saltmarsh

Intertidal mudflats

Sheltered muddy gravels

Peat and clay exposures

Seagrass beds

Estuarine rocky habitats

Blue mussel beds

Coastal Saline lagoons

Saline lagoons

Coastal Subtidal Habitats

Tide-swept channels

Subtidal sands and gravels