For habitats listed with a ** symbol, additional photographs of the habitat can be found in separate photographic galleries.
Habitat - Fossitt Irish Habitat Type Classification, Heritage Council
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BC1 Arable crops
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BC2 Horticultural land
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BC3 Tilled land
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BC4 Flower beds and borders
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BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
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BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
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BL1 Stone walls and other stonework
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BL2 Earth banks
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BL3 Buildings and artificial surfaces
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CB1 Shingle and gravel banks
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CB1 Shingle and gravel banks
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CB1 Shingle and gravel banks
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CC1 Sea walls, piers and jetties
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CD1 Embryonic dunes
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CD2 Marram dunes
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CD3 Fixed dunes
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CD4 Dune scrub and woodland
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CD5 Dune slacks
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CM1 Lower salt marsh
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CM2 Upper salt marsh
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CW1 Lagoons and saline lakes
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CW1 Lagoons and saline lakes
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CW2 Tidal rivers
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CW2 Tidal rivers
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CS1 Rocky sea cliffs
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CS1 Rocky sea cliffs
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CS1 Rocky sea cliffs
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CS3 Sedimentary sea cliffs
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CS3 Sedimentary sea cliffs
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ED1 Exposed sand, gravel or till
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ED1 Exposed sand, gravel or till
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ED2 Spoil and bare ground
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ED3 Recolonising bare ground
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ED3 Recolonising bare ground
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ED3 Recolonising bare ground
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ED4 Active quarries and mines
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ED4 Active quarries and mines
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ED5 Refuse and other waste
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ER1 Exposed siliceous rock
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ER1 Exposed siliceous rock
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ER2 Exposed calcareous rock
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ER2 Exposed calcareous rock
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ER4 Calcareous scree and loose rock
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ER4 Calcareous scree and loose rock
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EU2 Artificial underground habitats
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EU2 Artificial underground habitats
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FL1 Dystrophic lakes
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FL1 Dystrophic lakes
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FL2 Acid oligotrophic lakes
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FL2 Acid oligotrophic lakes
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FL3 Limestone/marl lakes
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FL3 Limestone/marl lakes
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FL4 Mesotrophic lakes
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FL4 Mesotrophic lakes
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FL5 Eutrophic lakes
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FL5 Eutrophic lakes
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FL6 Turloughs **
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FL6 Turloughs **
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FL7 Reservoirs
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FL7 Reservoirs
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FL8 Other artificial lakes and ponds
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FL8 Other artificial lakes and ponds.
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FS1 Reed & large sedge swamps **
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FS1 Reed & large sedge swamps **
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FS2 Tall-herb swamps **
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FS2 Tall-herb swamps **
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FW1 Eroding/upland rivers
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FW1 Eroding/upland rivers
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FW1 Eroding/upland rivers
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FW2 Depositing/lowland rivers
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FW2 Depositing/lowland rivers
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FW3 Canals
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FW3 Canals
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FW4 Drainage ditches
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FW4 Drainage ditches
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FP1 Calcareous springs **
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FP2 Non-calcareous springs **
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GA1 Improved agricultural grassland
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GA1 Improved agricultural grassland
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GA2 Amenity grassland
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GA2 Amenity grassland
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GM1 Marsh
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GM1 Marsh
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GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
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GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
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GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
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GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
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GS1 Dry calcareous and neutral grassland
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GS2 Dry meadows and grassy verges
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GS2 Dry meadows and grassy verges
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GS3 Dry-humid acid grassland
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GS4 Wet grassland
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GS4 Wet grassland
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HD1 Dense Bracken
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HD1 Dense Bracken
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HH1 Dry siliceous heath
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HH1 Dry siliceous heath
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HH1 Dry siliceous heath
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HH1 Dry siliceous heath
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HH3 Wet heath
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HH3 Wet heath
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HH3 Wet heath
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HH3 Wet heath
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LR1 Exposed rocky shores
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LR1 Exposed rocky shores
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LR2 Moderately exposed rocky shores
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LR3 Sheltered rocky shores
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LR5 Sea caves
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LS1 Shingle and gravel shores
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LS2 Sand shores
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LS2 Sand shores
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PB1 Raised bog **
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PB2 Upland blanket bog **
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PB3 Lowland blanket bog **
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PB4 Cutover bog **
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PB5 Eroding blanket bog **
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PF1 Rich fen and flush **
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PF2 Poor fen and flush **.
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PF3 Transition mire & quaking bog **
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WD1 (Mixed) broadleaved woodland
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WD2 Mixed broadleaved/conifer woodland
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WD4 Conifer plantation
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WD5 Scattered trees and parkland.
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WN1 Oak-birch-holly woodland
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WN1 Oak-birch-holly woodland
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WN2 Oak-ash-hazel woodland
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WN4 Wet pedunculate oak-ash woodland **
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WN5 Riparian woodland **
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WN6 Wet willow-alder-ash woodland **
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WN7 Bog woodland **
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WL1 Hedgerows
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WL1 Hedgerows
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WL2 Treelines
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WL2 Treelines
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WS1 Scrub
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WS1 Scrub
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WS1 Scrub
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WS1 Scrub
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WS2 Immature woodland
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WS3 Ornamental/non-native shrub
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WS4 Short rotation coppice
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WS4 Short rotation coppice
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WS5 Recently-felled woodland
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WS5 Recently-felled woodland