| BROAD HABITAT TYPE |
HABITAT TYPE |
DISTINCTIVENESS/ “RARITY” TIER |
| Cropland |
|
Arable field margins cultivated annually |
Medium |
|
Arable field margins game bird mix |
Medium |
|
Arable field margins pollen & nectar |
Medium |
|
Arable field margins tussocky |
Medium |
|
Cereal crops |
Low |
|
Winter stubble |
Low |
|
Horticulture |
Low |
|
Intensive orchards |
Low |
|
Non-cereal crops |
Low |
|
Temporary grass and clover leys |
Low |
| Grassland |
| |
Traditional orchards |
High |
|
Bracken |
Low |
|
Floodplain Wetland Mosaic + CFGM |
High |
|
Lowland calcareous grassland |
High |
|
Lowland dry acid grassland |
Very High |
|
Lowland meadows |
Very High |
|
Modified grassland |
Low |
|
Other lowland acid grassland |
Medium |
|
Other neutral grassland |
Medium |
|
Tall herb communities (H6430) |
High |
|
Upland acid grassland |
Medium |
|
Upland calcareous grassland |
High |
|
Upland hay meadows |
Very High |
| Heathland and shrub |
|
Blackthorn scrub |
Medium |
|
Bramble scrub |
Medium |
|
Gorse scrub |
Medium |
|
Hawthorn scrub |
Medium |
|
Hazel scrub |
Medium |
|
Lowland Heathland |
High |
|
Mixed scrub |
Medium |
|
Mountain heaths and willow scrub |
Very High |
|
Rhododendron scrub |
Low |
|
Dunes with Sea buckthorn (H2160) |
High |
|
Other Sea buckthorn scrub |
Low |
|
Upland Heathland |
High |
|
Willow Scrub |
Medium |
| Lakes |
|
Aquifer fed naturally fluctuating water bodies |
Very High |
|
Ornamental lake or pond |
Low |
|
High alkalinity lakes |
High |
|
Low alkalinity lakes |
High |
|
Marl Lakes |
High |
|
Moderate alkalinity lakes |
High |
|
Peat Lakes |
High |
|
Ponds (Priority Habitat) |
High |
|
Ponds (Non- Priority Habitat) |
Medium |
|
Reservoirs |
Medium |
|
Temporary lakes, ponds and pools (H3170) |
High |
| Sparsely vegetated land |
|
Calaminarian grasslands |
Very High |
|
Coastal sand dunes |
High |
|
Coastal vegetated shingle |
High |
|
Ruderal/Ephemeral |
Low |
|
Inland rock outcrop and scree habitats |
High |
|
Limestone pavement |
Very High |
|
Maritime cliff and slopes |
High |
|
Other inland rock and scree |
Medium |
|
Tall Forbs |
Low |
| Urban |
|
Allotments |
Low |
|
Artificial unvegetated, unsealed surface |
Very Low |
|
Bioswale |
Low |
|
Built linear features |
Very Low |
|
Cemeteries and churchyards |
Medium |
|
Developed land; sealed surface |
Very Low |
|
Facade-bound green wall |
Low |
|
Ground based green wall |
Low |
|
Ground level planters |
Low |
|
Intensive green roof |
Low |
|
Introduced shrub |
Low |
|
Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land |
High |
|
Rain garden |
Low |
|
Actively worked sand pit quarry or open cast mine |
Low |
|
Sustainable drainage system |
Low |
|
Un-vegetated garden |
Very Low |
|
Vacant/derelict land |
Low |
|
Bareground |
Low |
|
Vegetated garden |
Low |
|
Biodiverse green roof |
Medium |
|
Other green roof |
Low |
| Wetland |
|
Blanket bog |
Very High |
|
Depressions on Peat substrates (H7150) |
Very High |
|
Fens (upland and lowland) |
Very High |
|
Lowland raised bog |
Very High |
|
Oceanic Valley Mire [1] (D2.1) |
Very High |
|
Purple moor grass and rush pastures |
Very High |
|
Reedbeds |
High |
|
Transition mires and quaking bogs (H7 140) |
Very High |
| Woodland and forest |
|
Felled |
High |
|
Lowland beech and yew woodland |
High |
|
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland |
High |
|
Native pine woodlands |
High |
|
Other coniferous woodland |
Low |
|
Other Scot’s Pine woodland |
Medium |
|
Other woodland; broadleaved |
Medium |
|
Other woodland; mixed |
Medium |
|
Upland birchwoods |
High |
|
Upland mixed ashwoods |
High |
|
Upland oakwood |
High |
|
Wet woodland |
High |
|
Wood-pasture and parkland |
Very High |
| Individual Trees |
|
Rural Trees |
Medium |
|
Urban Trees |
Medium |
| Coastal lagoons |
|
Coastal lagoons |
High |
| Rocky shore |
|
High energy littoral rock |
High |
|
High energy littoral rock – on peat, clay or chalk |
Very High |
|
Moderate energy littoral rock |
High |
|
Moderate energy littoral rock – on peat, clay or chalk |
Very High |
|
Low energy littoral rock |
High |
|
Low energy littoral rock – on peat, clay or chalk |
Very High |
|
Features of littoral rock |
High |
|
Features of littoral rock – on peat, clay or chalk |
Very High |
| Watercourse footprint |
|
Watercourse footprint |
Very Low |
| Coastal saltmarsh |
|
Saltmarshes and saline reedbeds |
High |
|
Artificial saltmarshes and saline reedbeds |
Low |
| Intertidal sediment |
|
Littoral coarse sediment |
Medium |
|
Littoral mud |
High |
|
Littoral mixed sediments |
High |
|
Littoral seagrass |
High |
|
Littoral seagrass on peat, clay or chalk |
Very High |
|
Littoral biogenic reefs – Mussels |
High |
|
Littoral biogenic reefs – Sabellaria |
High |
|
Features of littoral sediment |
High |
|
Artificial littoral coarse sediment |
Low |
|
Artificial littoral mud |
Low |
|
Artificial littoral sand |
Low |
|
Artificial littoral muddy sand |
Low |
|
Artificial littoral mixed sediments |
Low |
|
Artificial littoral seagrass |
Low |
|
Artificial littoral biogenic reefs |
Low |
|
Littoral sand |
Medium |
|
Littoral muddy sand |
High |
| Intertidal Hard Structures |
|
Artificial hard structures |
Low |
|
Artificial features of hard structures |
Low |
|
Artificial hard structures with Integrated Greening of Grey Infrastructure (IGGI) |
Medium |
| Hedgerows |
|
Native Species Rich Hedgerow with trees – Associated with bank or ditch |
Very High |
|
Native Species Rich Hedgerow with trees |
High |
|
Native Species Rich Hedgerow – Associated with bank or ditch |
High |
|
Native Hedgerow with trees – Associated with bank or ditch |
High |
|
Native Species Rich Hedgerow |
Medium |
|
Native Hedgerow – Associated with bank or ditch |
Medium |
|
Native Hedgerow with trees |
Medium |
|
Ecologically Valuable Line of Trees |
Medium |
|
Ecologically Valuable Line of Trees – Associated with Bank or Ditch |
Medium |
|
Native Hedgerow |
Low |
|
Line of Trees |
Low |
|
Line of Trees – Associated with bank or ditch |
Low |
|
Non-native and Ornamental Hedgerow |
Very Low |
| Watercourse |
|
Priority Habitat |
Very High |
|
Other rivers and streams |
High |
|
Ditches |
Medium |
|
Canals |
Medium |
|
Culvert |
Low |
