Natura 2000 Habitats in Germany
Annex I of the Habitats Directive lists natural and near-natural habitats of Community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special conservation areas. Some 91 of the natural habitat types listed occur in Germany. The following lists and briefly describes the habitats occurring in Germany (abridged excerpt from Ssymank et al. 1998, Balzer et al. 2002, Balzer et al. 2004, Balzer & Ssymank 2005).
The numbers in front of the habitat types match the EU code for natural habitat types listed in the Habitats Directive. The descriptions match the original definitions contained in the consolidated version (which includes all additions and supplements) of the (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (PDF).
* Priority Natural Habitat Types
| 11 | Open sea and tidal areas |
|---|---|
| 1110 | Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time |
| 1130 | Estuaries |
| 1140 | Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide |
| 1150* | Coastal lagoons |
| 1160 | Large shallow inlets and bays |
| 1170 | Reefs |
| 12 | Sea cliffs and shingle or stony beaches |
| 1210 | Annual vegetation of drift lines |
| 1220 | Perennial vegetation of stony banks |
| 1230 | Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts |
| 13 | Atlantic and continental salt marshes and salt meadows |
| 1310 | Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand |
| 1320 | Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae) |
| 1330 | Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) |
| 1340* | Inland salt meadows |
| 21 | Sea dunes of the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic coasts |
|---|---|
| 2110 | Embryonic shifting dunes |
| 2120 | Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria (‘white dunes’) |
| 2130* | Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (‘grey dunes’) |
| 2140* | Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum |
| 2150* | Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea) |
| 2160 | Dunes with Hippophaë rhamnoides |
| 2170 | Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariae) |
| 2180 | Wooded dunes of the Atlantic, Continental and Boreal region |
| 2190 | Humid dune slacks |
| 23 | Inland dunes, old and decalcified |
| 2310 | Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Genista |
| 2320 | Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Empetrum nigrum |
| 2330 | Inland dunes withopen Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands |
| 51 | Sub-Mediterranean and temperate scrub |
|---|---|
| 5110 | Stable xerothermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion p.p.) |
| 5130 | Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands |
| 71 | Sphagnum acid bogs |
|---|---|
| 7110* | Active raised bogs |
| 7120 | Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration |
| 7140 | Transition mires and quaking bogs |
| 7150 | Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion |
| 72 | Calcareous fens |
| 7210* | Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae |
| 7220* | Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) |
| 7230 | Alkaline fens |
| 7240* | Alpine pioneer formations of the Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae |
| 81 | Scree |
|---|---|
| 8110 | Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) |
| 8120 | Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) |
| 8150 | Medio-European upland siliceous screes |
| 8160* | Medio-European calcareous scree of hill and montane levels |
| 82 | Rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation |
| 8210 | Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation |
| 8220 | Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation |
| 8230 | Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii |
| 83 | Other rocky habitats |
| 8310 | Caves not open to the public |
| 8340 | Permanent glaciers |
