# CDDA-desig-categories

definition:
Designation types used with the intention to protect fauna, flora, habitats and landscapes (the latter as far as relevant for fauna, flora and for habitat protection)


definition:
Statutes under sectorial, particularly forestry, legislative and administrative acts providing an adequate protection relevant for fauna, flora and habitat conservation


definition:
Private statute providing durable protection for fauna, flora or habitats


# CDDA-relations-categories

relationship:
The described site includes another site completely


relationship:
The other site includes the described site completely


# designations-IT

Agency:
Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio

Data Source:
5th Updating of Protected Areas Official List in G.U. 04/09/2003, n. 205


Agency:
Ministero Politiche Agricole e Forestali


Agency:
Ministero Beni Culturali e Ambientali/Amministrazioni locali


ODESIGNATE:
Oasi di protezione costituite da soggetti privati

DESIGNATE:
Protected Area managed by a private association


ODESIGNATE:
Aree di salvaguardia delle acque superficiali e sotterranee destinate al consumo umano

DESIGNATE:
Spring and Water-Bearing Stratum Protection Areas

Title - French:
Zones de sauvegarde des eaux superficielles et souterraines destinées à l'utilisation humaine

Agency:
Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio, Ministero della Sanità

Data Source:
Ministero della Sanità, Ministero dell'Ambiente, Amministrazioni locali


Title - French:
Propriété sur laquelle la chasse est interdite


Title - French:
Autres Zones Naturelles Protégées Régionales

Law:
Delib. Conf. Stato-Regioni 25/07/2002, n. 1500


ODESIGNATE:
Zona di protezione lungo le rotte di migrazione dell'avifauna

DESIGNATE:
Protection Area for Lanes of Migratory Birds

Title - French:
Zone de protéction des routes migratoires des oiseaux


Agency:
Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio/Amministrazioni locali


Data Source:
Sistema Informativo Territoriale Ambientale e Paesaggistico


Agency:
Ministero dell'Ambiente, Ministero della Sanità

Data Source:
Ministero dell'Ambiente, Ministero della Sanità, Amministrazioni locali


ODESIGNATE:
Area Naturale Marina di interesse internazionale

DESIGNATE:
International significance Natural Marine Area

Title - French:
Zone naturelle marine d'intérêt international

Agency:
Ministero Ambiente e Tutela del Territorio, Ministero Esteri


ODESIGNATE:
Riserva Naturale Marina e Aree Naturali Marine Protette

DESIGNATE:
Natural Marine Reserve and Natural Protected Marine Areas

Title - French:
Reserve Naturelle Marine et Zones Naturelles Marines Protégées


ODESIGNATE:
Riserva di Popolamento Animale e Vegetale


Title - French:
Exploitations agricoles  destinées à la gestion de la faune et de la chasse

Data Source:
Ministero Politiche Agricole e Forestali e Amministrazioni locali


# EUNIS_habitats_level_4_for_CDDA

Scientific name:
Littoral rock very exposed to wave action


Scientific name:
Mussels and/or barnacles on very exposed littoral rock


Scientific name:
Robust fucoids or red seaweeds on very exposed littoral rock


Scientific name:
Communities of the upper mediolittoral rock


Scientific name:
Communities of the lower mediolittoral rock very exposed to wave action


Scientific name:
Littoral rock moderately exposed to wave action


Scientific name:
Mussels and/or barnacles on littoral rock moderately exposed to wave action


Scientific name:
Fucoids and barnacles on moderately exposed littoral rock


Scientific name:
Red seaweeds on moderately exposed littoral rock


Scientific name:
Ephemeral green or red seaweeds (freshwater- or sand-influenced) on moderately exposed littoral rock


Scientific name:
Mussels and fucoids on moderately exposed littoral rock


Scientific name:
Communities of the lower mediolittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action


Scientific name:
Littoral rock sheltered from wave action


Scientific name:
Dense fucoids on sheltered littoral rock


Scientific name:
Fucoids, barnacles or ephemeral seaweeds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata


Scientific name:
Mussel beds on sheltered littoral mixed substrata


Scientific name:
Red algal turf in lower eulittoral, sheltered from wave action


Scientific name:
Communities of the lower mediolittoral rock sheltered from wave action


Scientific name:
Rock habitats exposed by action of wind (e.g. hydrolittoral)


Scientific name:
Communities of rockpools in the supralittoral zone


Scientific name:
Brackish permanent pools in the geolittoral zone


Scientific name:
Communities of littoral caves and overhangs


Scientific name:
Communities of the mediolittoral coarse detritic bottoms


Scientific name:
Sandy and muddy sand shores with 90-100% air exposure


Scientific name:
Sandy and muddy sand shores with 70-90% air exposure


Scientific name:
Sandy and muddy sand shores with <70% air exposure


Scientific name:
Habitats with sediments exposed by action of wind (e.g. hydrolittoral)


Scientific name:
Geolittoral wetlands and meadows: reed, rush and sedge stands


Scientific name:
Mid-upper saltmarshes and saline reedbeds


Scientific name:
Littoral sediments dominated by aquatic angiosperms


Scientific name:
Biogenic structures on littoral sediments


Scientific name:
Biogenic features (scars) on littoral mixed sediments


Scientific name:
Sublittoral rock and other hard substrata


Scientific name:
Infralittoral rock very exposed to wave action and/or currents and tidal streams


Scientific name:
Kelp with cushion fauna, foliose red seaweeds or coralline crusts (exposed rock)


Scientific name:
Fauna and seaweeds on vertical exposed infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Communities of infralittoral algae very exposed to wave action


Scientific name:
Areas dominated by frondose algae, other than kelp


Scientific name:
Infralittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action and/or currents and tidal streams


Scientific name:
Kelp and red seaweeds on moderately exposed infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Grazed kelp with algal crusts on moderately exposed infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Sand-tolerant or disturbed kelp and seaweed on moderately exposed infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Fauna and seaweeds on vertical moderately exposed infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Communities of infralittoral algae moderately exposed to wave action


Scientific name:
Baltic brackish water sublittoral biocenoses of hard substrata influenced by varying salinity


Scientific name:
Animal-dominated communities of moderately exposed infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Infralittoral rock sheltered from wave action and currents and tidal streams


Scientific name:
Silted kelp communities on sheltered infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Estuarine faunal communities on shallow rock or mixed substrata


Scientific name:
Submerged fucoids, green and red seaweeds on reduced/low salinity infralittoral rock


Scientific name:
Communities of infralittoral algae sheltered from wave action


Scientific name:
Animal-dominated communities of sheltered infralittoral rock in full salinity


Scientific name:
Caves, overhangs and surge gullies in the infralittoral zone


Scientific name:
Robust fauna on infralittoral surge gullies and cave walls


Scientific name:
Circalittoral rock very exposed to wave action or currents and tidal streams


Scientific name:
Faunal crusts or short turfs on exposed circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
[Alcyonium]-dominated communities on tide-swept circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Barnacle, cushion sponge and [Tubularia] communities on very tide-swept circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Circalittoral rock moderately exposed to wave action or currents and tidal streams


Scientific name:
Mixed faunal turf communities on moderately exposed circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Sand-influenced bryozoan and hydroid turfs on moderately exposed circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
[Sabellaria spinulosa] communities on circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Mussel beds on moderately exposed circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Brittlestar beds on circalittoral rock or mixed substrata


Scientific name:
Grazed faunal communities on moderately exposed or sheltered circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Silt-influenced ascidian communities on moderately exposed circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Communities on soft moderately exposed circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Faunal turfs on vertical circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Coralligenous communities moderately exposed to hydrodynamic action


Scientific name:
Circalittoral rock sheltered from wave action and currents including tidal streams


Scientific name:
Brachiopods and solitary ascidian communities on sheltered circalittoral rock


Scientific name:
Coralligenous communities sheltered from hydrodynamic action


Scientific name:
Deep circalittoral rock habitats exposed to strong currents


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral rock habitats exposed to strong currents


Scientific name:
Deep circalittoral rock habitats exposed to moderately strong currents


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral rock habitats exposed to moderately strong currents


Scientific name:
Deep circalittoral rock habitats exposed to weak or no currents


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral rock habitats exposed to weak or no currents


Scientific name:
Caves and overhangs below the infralittoral zone


Scientific name:
Communities of circalittoral caves and overhangs


Scientific name:
Caves in total darkness, including deep-sea caves


Scientific name:
Bubbling reefs in the sublittoral euphotic zone


Scientific name:
Sublittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and coarse sands


Scientific name:
Animal communities in shallow-water gravels


Scientific name:
Animal communities in shallow-water coarse sands


Scientific name:
Animal communities of circalittoral mobile cobbles, gravels and sands


Scientific name:
Animals communities in deeper coarse sands


Scientific name:
Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity gravels and coarse sands


Scientific name:
Animal communities in fully marine shallow clean sands


Scientific name:
Communities of fine sands in very shallow waters


Scientific name:
Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity shallow clean sands


Scientific name:
Animal communities in fully marine shallow-water muddy sands


Scientific name:
Animal communities in variable or reduced salinity muddy sands


Scientific name:
Animal communities of circalittoral muddy sands


Scientific name:
Communities of the muddy detritic bottom


Scientific name:
Variable or reduced salinity sublittoral muds


Scientific name:
Communities of superficial muddy sands in sheltered waters


Scientific name:
Periodically and permanently anoxic sublittoral muds


Scientific name:
Animal communities of circalittoral muds


Scientific name:
Kelp and seaweeds on shallow-water mixed sediments


Scientific name:
Animal communities in shallow-water mixed sediments


Scientific name:
Variable and reduced salinity sublittoral mixed sediments


Scientific name:
Animal communities of circalittoral mixed sediments


Scientific name:
Communities of the coastal detritic bottom


Scientific name:
Shallow sublittoral sediments dominated by angiosperms


Scientific name:
[Zostera] beds in infralittoral sediments


Scientific name:
Sublittoral macrophyte beds of coastal brackish waters


Scientific name:
Biogenic structures over sublittoral sediments


Scientific name:
Seaweeds and maerl on coarse shallow-water sediments


Scientific name:
Maerl beds on shallow-water muddy mixed sediments


Scientific name:
Structures formed by mussels over sublittoral sediment


Scientific name:
Maerl beds on deep-water muddy sediments


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral gravel bottoms


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral sandy bottoms


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral shell gravel bottoms


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral muddy bottoms


Scientific name:
Animal communities of deep circalittoral mixed sediment bottoms


Scientific name:
Communities of shelf-edge detritic bottom


Scientific name:
Seeps and vents in sublittoral sediments


Scientific name:
Freshwater seeps in sublittoral sediments


Scientific name:
Deep-sea rock and artificial hard substrates


Scientific name:
Deep-sea biogenic gravels (shells, coral debris)


Scientific name:
Communities of bathyal detritic sands with [Grypheus vitreus]


Scientific name:
Deep-sea bioherm dominated by scleractinian coral framework


Scientific name:
Canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps on the continental slope


Scientific name:
Cetacean and other carcasses on the deep-sea bed


Scientific name:
Deep-sea bed influenced by hypoxic water column


Scientific name:
Isolated 'oceanic' features: seamounts, ridges and the submerged flanks of oceanic islands


Scientific name:
Permanently submerged flanks of oceanic islands


Scientific name:
Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within euphotic zone


Scientific name:
Summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank within the mesopelagic zone, i.e. interacting with diurnally migrating plankton


Scientific name:
Deep summit communities of seamount, knoll or bank (i.e. below mesopelagic zone)


Scientific name:
Communities of ridge axial trough (i.e. non-vent fauna)


Scientific name:
Oceanic ridge without hydrothermal effects


Scientific name:
Isolated ‘oceanic’ features influenced by hypoxic water column


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity and short residence time


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity and medium  residence time


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with reduced salinity and long  residence time


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with full salinity


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with full salinity and short residence time


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with full salinity and medium residence time


Scientific name:
Completely mixed water column with full salinity and long residence time


Scientific name:
Partially mixed water column with reduced salinity and medium or long residence time


Scientific name:
Partially mixed water column with reduced salinity and medium residence time


Scientific name:
Partially mixed water column with reduced salinity and long residence time


Scientific name:
Unstratified water column with reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Euphotic (epipelagic) zone in unstratified reduced salinity water


Scientific name:
Mesopelagic zone in unstratified reduced salinity water


Scientific name:
Bathypelagic zone in unstratified reduced salinity water


Scientific name:
Abyssopelagic zone in unstratified reduced salinity water


Scientific name:
Vertically stratified water column with reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with ephemeral thermal stratification and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with seasonal thermal stratification and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with permanent thermal stratification and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with ephemeral halocline and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with seasonal halocline and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with permanent halocline and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with ephemeral oxygen stratification and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with seasonal oxygen stratification and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with permanent oxygen stratification and reduced salinity


Scientific name:
Ephemeral fronts in reduced salinity water column


Scientific name:
Seasonal fronts in reduced salinity water column


Scientific name:
Persistent fronts in reduced salinity water column


Scientific name:
Unstratified water column with full salinity


Scientific name:
Euphotic (epipelagic) zone in unstratified full salinity water


Scientific name:
Mesopelagic zone in unstratified full salinity water


Scientific name:
Bathypelagic zone in unstratified full salinity water


Scientific name:
Abyssopelagic zone in unstratified full salinity water


Scientific name:
Vertically stratified water column with full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with ephemeral thermal stratification and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with seasonal thermal stratification and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with permanent thermal stratification and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with ephemeral halocline and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with seasonal halocline and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with permanent halocline and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with ephemeral oxygen stratification and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with seasonal oxygen stratification and full salinity


Scientific name:
Water column with permanent oxygen stratification and full salinity


Scientific name:
Ephemeral fronts in full salinity water column


Scientific name:
Seasonal fronts in full salinity water column


Scientific name:
Persistent fronts in full salinity water column


Scientific name:
Angiosperm communities of sand beach driftlines


Scientific name:
Boreo-Arctic sand beach annual communities


Scientific name:
Middle European sand beach annual communities


Scientific name:
Tethyan sand beach driftline communities


Scientific name:
Unvegetated sand beaches above the driftline


Scientific name:
Boreo-arctic sand beach perennial communities


Scientific name:
Sandy beach ridges with no or low vegetation


Scientific name:
Sandy beach ridges dominated by shrubs or trees


Scientific name:
Coastal stable dune grassland (grey dunes)


Scientific name:
Tethyan dune deep sand therophyte communities


Scientific name:
Coastal brown dunes covered with natural or almost natural coniferous forest, e.g. [Pinus silvestris]


Scientific name:
Coastal brown dunes covered with deciduous forest ([Fagus], [Betula], [Quercus])


Scientific name:
Dune-slack reedbeds, sedgebeds and canebeds


Scientific name:
Coastal dunes: wet dune slacks: dominated by shrubs or trees


Scientific name:
Boreo-arctic gravel beach annual communities


Scientific name:
Atlantic and Baltic shingle beach drift lines


Scientific name:
Gravel beach communities of the mediterranean region


Scientific name:
Unvegetated mobile shingle beaches above the driftline


Scientific name:
Upper shingle beaches with open vegetation


Scientific name:
Fixed shingle beaches, with herbaceous vegetation


Scientific name:
Shingle and gravel beaches with scrub vegetation


Scientific name:
Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral


Scientific name:
Supralittoral rock (lichen or splash zone)


Scientific name:
Lichens or algal crusts on supralittoral rocks


Scientific name:
Rock stacks and islets above high tide level


Scientific name:
Unvegetated rock cliffs, ledges, shores and islets


Scientific name:
Atlantic low Arctic sea-cliffs and rocky shores


Scientific name:
Temperate Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores


Scientific name:
Unvegetated Baltic rocky shores and cliffs


Scientific name:
Subtropical Atlantic sea-cliffs and rocky shores


Scientific name:
Mediterraneo-Pontic sea-cliffs and rocky shores


Scientific name:
Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, with halophytic angiosperms


Scientific name:
Vegetated Baltic gently sloping rocky shores and cliffs


Scientific name:
Canarian and Madeiran sea-cliff communities


Scientific name:
Permanent oligotrophic lakes, ponds and pools


Scientific name:
Benthic communities of oligotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted submerged vegetation of oligotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted floating vegetation of oligotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Charophyte submerged carpets in oligotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Peatmoss and [Utricularia] communities of oligotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Permanent mesotrophic lakes, ponds and pools


Scientific name:
Benthic communities of mesotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Free-floating vegetation of mesotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted submerged vegetation of mesotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted floating vegetation of mesotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Charophyte submerged carpets in mesotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Peatmoss and [Utricularia] communities of mesotrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Permanent eutrophic lakes, ponds and pools


Scientific name:
Benthic communities of eutrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Free-floating vegetation of eutrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted submerged vegetation of eutrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted floating vegetation of eutrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Permanent dystrophic lakes, ponds and pools


Scientific name:
Benthic communities of dystrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted submerged vegetation of dystrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Rooted floating vegetation of dystrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Charophyte submerged carpets in dystrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Peatmoss and [Utricularia] communities of dystrophic waterbodies


Scientific name:
Permanent inland saline and brackish lakes, ponds and pools


Scientific name:
Submerged charophyte carpets in inland saline or hypersaline waterbodies


Scientific name:
Submerged macrophyte communities of inland saline and brackish waters


Scientific name:
Temporary lakes, ponds and pools (wet phase)


Scientific name:
Temporary inland saline and brackish waters


Scientific name:
Rooted floating vegetation of temporary waterbodies


Scientific name:
Acid oligotrophic vegetation of spring brooks


Scientific name:
Lime-rich oligotrophic vegetation of spring brooks


Scientific name:
Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses


Scientific name:
Acid oligotrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams


Scientific name:
Lime-rich oligotrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams


Scientific name:
Mesotrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams


Scientific name:
Eutrophic vegetation of fast-flowing streams


Scientific name:
Permanent non-tidal, slow, smooth-flowing watercourses


Scientific name:
Mesotrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers


Scientific name:
Eutrophic vegetation of slow-flowing rivers


Scientific name:
Films of water flowing over rocky watercourse margins


Scientific name:
Littoral zone of inland surface waterbodies


Scientific name:
Beds of small helophytes of fast-flowing waters


Scientific name:
Water-fringing reedbeds and tall helophytes other than canes


Scientific name:
Species-poor beds of low-growing water-fringing or amphibious vegetation


Scientific name:
[Eleocharis parvula] and [Eleocharis acicularis] beds of inland saline and brackish waters


Scientific name:
[Nasturtium officinale] ([Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum]) beds


Scientific name:
Pioneer and ephemeral vegetation of periodically inundated shores


Scientific name:
Euro-Siberian dwarf annual amphibious swards


Scientific name:
[Bidens] communities (of lake and pond shores)


Scientific name:
Euro-Siberian annual river mud communities


Scientific name:
Unvegetated or sparsely vegetated shores with soft or mobile sediments


Scientific name:
Exposed unvegetated freshwater lake sands and shingles


Scientific name:
Exposed unvegetated freshwater lake muds


Scientific name:
Exposed unvegetated beaches of inland saline and brackish waters with soft sediments


Scientific name:
Unvegetated or sparsely vegetated shores with non-mobile substrates


Scientific name:
Periodically exposed river-bed rocks, pavements and blocks


Scientific name:
Periodically exposed lake-bed rocks, pavements and blocks


Scientific name:
Draw-down zones of reservoirs with non-mobile substrates


Scientific name:
Inland spray- and steam-dependent habitats


Scientific name:
Active, relatively undamaged raised bogs


Scientific name:
Wet bare peat and peat haggs on raised bogs


Scientific name:
Hyperoceanic low-altitude blanket bogs, typically with dominant [Trichophorum]


Scientific name:
Montane blanket bogs, [Calluna] and [Eriophorum vaginatum] often dominant


Scientific name:
Wet bare peat and peat haggs on blanket bogs


Scientific name:
Valley mires, poor fens and transition mires


Scientific name:
[Carex nigra], [Carex canescens], [Carex echinata] fens


Scientific name:
[Carex intricata] pozzines (wet depressions surrounding glacial lakes)


Scientific name:
[Trichophorum cespitosum] and [Narthecium ossifragum] acidic fens


Scientific name:
[Menyanthes trifoliata] and [Potentilla palustris] rafts


Scientific name:
[Scirpus hudsonianus] ([Trichophorum alpinum]) quaking bogs


Scientific name:
Wet, open, acid peat and sand, with [Rhynchospora alba] and [Drosera]


Scientific name:
Rich fens, including eutrophic tall-herb fens and calcareous flushes and soaks


Scientific name:
[Carex dioica], [Carex pulicaris] and [Carex flava] fens


Scientific name:
British [Carex demissa] - [Saxifraga aizoides] flushes


Scientific name:
[Scirpus hudsonianus] ([Trichophorum alpinum]) alkaline fens


Scientific name:
Middle European [Blysmus compressus] fens


Scientific name:
Basic mountain flushes and streamsides, with a rich arctic-montane flora


Scientific name:
Arctoalpine [Kobresia simpliciuscula] and [Carex microglochin] swards


Scientific name:
Alpine riverine [Carex maritima] ([Carex incurva]) swards


Scientific name:
Arctoalpine riverine [Equisetum], [Typha] and [Juncus] swards


Scientific name:
Sedge and reedbeds, normally without free-standing water


Scientific name:
Reedbeds normally without free-standing water


Scientific name:
[Phragmites australis] beds normally without free-standing water


Scientific name:
[Scirpus lacustris] beds normally without free-standing water


Scientific name:
[Typha] beds normally without free-standing water


Scientific name:
Beds of large sedges normally without free-standing water


Scientific name:
Tall [Cyperus] beds, other than [Cyperus papyrus]


Scientific name:
Swamps and marshes dominated by [Juncus effusus] or other large [Juncus] spp.


Scientific name:
Inland saline and brackish marshes and reedbeds


Scientific name:
Interior European [Puccinellia distans] meadows


Scientific name:
Interior European saltmarsh [Juncus gerardi] and [Elymus repens] beds


Scientific name:
Interior European [Halimione pedunculata] beds


Scientific name:
Swards of Carpathian travertine concretions


Scientific name:
Interior Iberian [Microcnemum] and [Salicornia] swards


Scientific name:
Interior central European and Anatolian [Salicornia], [Microcnemum], [Suaeda] and [Salsola] swards


Scientific name:
Inland saline or brackish species-poor helophyte beds normally without free-standing water


Scientific name:
Open thermophile pioneer vegetation of sandy or detritic ground


Scientific name:
Euro-Siberian pioneer calcareous sand swards


Scientific name:
Perennial calcareous grassland and basic steppes


Scientific name:
Arid subcontinental steppic grassland ([Festucion valesiacae])


Scientific name:
Central alpine arid grassland ([Stipo-Poion])


Scientific name:
Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grassland


Scientific name:
Mediterranean tall-grass and [Artemisia] steppes


Scientific name:
Mediterranean steppes dominated by tall grasses other than [Stipa tenacissima] or [Lygeum spartum]


Scientific name:
[Aphyllanthes] grassland and supra-Mediterranean steppes


Scientific name:
Central and southern Apennine dry grassland


Scientific name:
Iberian south-eastern subnitrophilous herb communities


Scientific name:
Eastern Mediterranean subnitrophilous herb communities


Scientific name:
Non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral closed grassland


Scientific name:
Mediterranean dry acid and neutral closed grassland


Scientific name:
Non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral open grassland, including inland dune grassland


Scientific name:
Mediterranean dry acid and neutral open grassland


Scientific name:
Permanent mesotrophic pastures and aftermath-grazed meadows


Scientific name:
Agriculturally-improved, re-seeded and heavily fertilized grassland, including sports fields and grass lawns


Scientific name:
Dry or moist agriculturally-improved grassland


Scientific name:
Wet agriculturally-improved grassland, often with drainage ditches


Scientific name:
Helleno-Moesian riverine and humid [Trifolium] meadows


Scientific name:
Illyrio-Moesian riverine and humid [Trifolium] meadows


Scientific name:
Moist or wet eutrophic and mesotrophic grassland


Scientific name:
[Molinia caerulea] meadows and related communities


Scientific name:
Heath [Juncus] meadows and humid [Nardus stricta] swards


Scientific name:
Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats


Scientific name:
Boreo-alpine calcicline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats


Scientific name:
Moss and lichen dominated mountain summits, ridges and exposed slopes


Scientific name:
Rock pavement, plateau and summital moss heaths


Scientific name:
Alpic [Nardus stricta] swards and related communities


Scientific name:
Western Asian acidophilous alpine grassland


Scientific name:
Calciphilous alpine and subalpine grassland


Scientific name:
Calciphilous stepped and garland grassland


Scientific name:
Subalpine [Trisetum flavescens] hay meadows


Scientific name:
Woodland fringes and clearings and tall forb habitats


Scientific name:
Over-grazed arid Mediterranean garrigues (ermes)


Scientific name:
Moist or wet tall-herb and fern fringes and meadows


Scientific name:
Screens or veils of perennial tall herbs lining watercourses


Scientific name:
Mediterranean grasslands on alluvial river banks


Scientific name:
Subalpine moist or wet tall-herb and fern habitats


Scientific name:
Eastern oro-Mediterranean and Balkan tall-herb communities


Scientific name:
Lowland habitats colonised by tall nitrophilous herbs


Scientific name:
Weed communities of recently abandoned urban and suburban constructions


Scientific name:
Weed communities of recently abandoned rural constructions


Scientific name:
Weed communities of recently abandoned extractive industrial sites


Scientific name:
Inland saline grass and herb-dominated habitats


Scientific name:
Mediterranean inland saline grass and herb-dominated habitats


Scientific name:
Mediterranean [Lygeum spartum] salt steppes


Scientific name:
Mediterranean inland halo-nitrophilous pioneer communities


Scientific name:
Continental inland saline grass and herb-dominated habitats


Scientific name:
Ponto-Sarmatic salt steppes and saltmarshes


Scientific name:
Central Eurasian solonchak grassland dominated by [Crypsis]


Scientific name:
Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub habitats


Scientific name:
Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch [Salix herbacea] scrub


Scientific name:
Boreo-alpine calcicline snow-patch [Salix polaris] scrub


Scientific name:
Ponto-Caucasian snow-patch dwarf [Salix] scrub


Scientific name:
Evergreen alpine and subalpine heath and scrub


Scientific name:
Southern Palaearctic mountain dwarf [Juniperus] scrub


Scientific name:
Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum - Vaccinium] heaths


Scientific name:
Alpide [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] and [Arctostaphylos alpinus] heaths


Scientific name:
Alpide [Rhododendron hirsutum] - [Erica] heaths


Scientific name:
Alpide high mountain dwarf [Vaccinium] heaths


Scientific name:
Alpide high mountain [Genista] and [Chamaecytisus] heaths


Scientific name:
Subalpine and oroboreal bush communities


Scientific name:
Temperate and mediterraneo-montane scrub habitats


Scientific name:
Subcontinental and continental deciduous thickets


Scientific name:
Sub-montane [Vaccinium] - [Calluna] heaths


Scientific name:
Sub-Atlantic [Calluna] - [Genista] heaths


Scientific name:
Ibero-Atlantic [Erica - Ulex - Cistus] heaths


Scientific name:
Upland Azorean [Erica azorica] and [Juniperus brevifolia] heaths


Scientific name:
Maquis, matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes


Scientific name:
[Olea europaea] and [Pistacia lentiscus] matorral


Scientific name:
Low [Cistus - Lavandula stoechas] maquis


Scientific name:
Thermo-Mediterranean brushes, thickets and heath-garrigues


Scientific name:
Western [Teucrium] and other labiate garrigues


Scientific name:
Western [Helianthemum] and [Fumana] garrigues


Scientific name:
Eastern [Teucrium] and other labiates garrigues


Scientific name:
Eastern [Helichrysum] and other composite garrigues


Scientific name:
Eastern [Helianthemum] and [Fumana] garrigues


Scientific name:
Illyrian [Teucrium] and other labiates garrigues


Scientific name:
Illyrian [Helichrysum] and other composite garrigues


Scientific name:
Spiny Mediterranean heaths (phrygana, hedgehog-heaths and related coastal cliff vegetation)


Scientific name:
West Mediterranean mainland clifftop phrygana


Scientific name:
Corsican and Sardinian [Genista] phrygana


Scientific name:
Southern Hellenic [Genista acanthoclada] hedgehog-heaths


Scientific name:
Lowland and collinar riverine [Salix] scrub


Scientific name:
Southern riparian galleries and thickets


Scientific name:
[Nerium oleander], [Vitex agnus-castus] and [Tamarix] galleries


Scientific name:
South-western Iberian tamujares, formed by [Securinega tinctoria]


Scientific name:
Lauriphyllous galleries of the Cordillera Oretana


Scientific name:
[Myrica gale] - [Salix] scrub of the Cordillera Oretana


Scientific name:
Highly-managed hedgerows of native species


Scientific name:
Species-rich hedgerows of native species


Scientific name:
Species-poor hedgerows of native species


Scientific name:
Shrub plantations for whole-plant harvesting


Scientific name:
Shrub plantations for leaf or branch harvest


Scientific name:
Shrub plantations for ornamental purposes or for fruit, other than vineyards


Scientific name:
Woodland and forest habitats and other wooded land


Scientific name:
Riparian [Salix], [Alnus] and [Betula] woodland


Scientific name:
Fluvial [Fraxinus] - [Alnus] and [Quercus] - [Ulmus] - [Fraxinus] woodland


Scientific name:
Riverine [Fraxinus] - [Alnus] woodland, wet at high but not at low water


Scientific name:
Mixed [Quercus] - [Ulmus] - [Fraxinus] woodland of great rivers


Scientific name:
Mediterranean [Populus], [Fraxinus], [Ulmus] and related riparian woodland


Scientific name:
Mediterranean riverine [Ostrya carpinifolia] galleries


Scientific name:
Ponto-Sarmatic mixed [Populus] riverine forests


Scientific name:
Broadleaved swamp woodland not on acid peat


Scientific name:
Wet-ground woodland of the Black and Caspian Seas


Scientific name:
Western [Quercus pubescens] woods and related communities


Scientific name:
Italo-Illyrian [Ostrya carpinifolia] sub-thermophilous [Quercus] woods


Scientific name:
Atlantic [Quercus robur] - [Betula] woods


Scientific name:
Atlantic acidophilous [Fagus] - [Quercus] forests


Scientific name:
Aquitano-Ligerian [Quercus] forests on podsols


Scientific name:
Aquitano-Ligerian [Quercus] forests on leached or acid soils


Scientific name:
Non-riverine woodland with [Betula], [Populus tremula], [Sorbus aucuparia] or [Corylus avellana]


Scientific name:
[Populus tremula] and [Betula] woods with [Sambucus]


Scientific name:
Meso- and eutrophic [Quercus], [Carpinus], [Fraxinus], [Acer], [Tilia], [Ulmus] and related woodland


Scientific name:
[Quercus] - [Fraxinus] - [Carpinus betulus] woodland on eutrophic and mesotrophic soils


Scientific name:
Mixed deciduous woodland of the Black and Caspian Seas


Scientific name:
Highly artificial broadleaved deciduous forestry plantations


Scientific name:
[Quercus coccifera] and [Quercus alnifolia] woodland


Scientific name:
Mediterraneo-Atlantic [Laurus] - [Quercus] woodland


Scientific name:
[Olea europaea] - [Ceratonia siliqua] woodland


Scientific name:
Highly artificial broadleaved evergreen forestry plantations


Scientific name:
Other evergreen broadleaved tree plantations


Scientific name:
Alpine and Carpathian sub-alpine [Picea] forests


Scientific name:
Alpine [Larix] - [Pinus cembra] woodland


Scientific name:
Eastern Alpine siliceous [Larix] and [Pinus cembra] forests


Scientific name:
Eastern Alpine calcicolous [Larix] and [Pinus cembra] forests


Scientific name:
Western [Larix], mountain pine and [Pinus cembra] forests


Scientific name:
Carpathian [Larix] and [Pinus cembra] forests


Scientific name:
[Pinus uncinata] forests with [Rhododendron ferrugineum]


Scientific name:
[Pinus sylvestris] woodland south of the taiga


Scientific name:
Middle European [Pinus sylvestris] forests


Scientific name:
Inner Alpine [Minuartia laricifolia] steppe forests


Scientific name:
Pyrenean mesophile [Pinus sylvestris] forests


Scientific name:
Central Massif [Pinus sylvestris] forests


Scientific name:
South-western Alpine mesophile [Pinus sylvestris] forests


Scientific name:
Iberian calcareous [Pinus sylvestris] woods


Scientific name:
Iberian silicicolous [Pinus sylvestris] forests


Scientific name:
South-eastern European [Pinus sylvestris] forests


Scientific name:
[Pinus pallasiana] and [Pinus banatica] forests


Scientific name:
Lowland to montane mediterranean [Pinus] woodland (excluding [Pinus nigra])


Scientific name:
Maritime [Pinus pinaster ssp. atlantica] forests


Scientific name:
[Pinus pinaster ssp. pinaster] ([Pinus mesogeensis]) forests


Scientific name:
Canary Island [Pinus canariensis] woodland


Scientific name:
[Pinus canariensis] - [Cistus symphytifolius] forests


Scientific name:
[Pinus canariensis] - [Adenocarpus viscosus] woods


Scientific name:
[Pinus canariensis] - [Juniperus cedrus] woods


Scientific name:
Coniferous woodland dominated by [Cupressaceae] or [Taxaceae]


Scientific name:
Western Palaearctic [Taxus baccata] woods


Scientific name:
Hyrcanian [Platycladus orientalis] ([Thuja orientalis]) forests


Scientific name:
[Vaccinium myrtillus] western [Picea] taiga


Scientific name:
[Calluna vulgaris] - [Empetrum] western taiga


Scientific name:
[Vaccinium vitis-idaea] [Pinus] and [Picea] - [Pinus] taiga


Scientific name:
Boreal sphagnum [Pinus sylvestris] fen woods


Scientific name:
Boreal brown moss [Pinus sylvestris] fen woods


Scientific name:
Boreal [Picea] and [Picea] - [Betula] fen and bog woods


Scientific name:
Mixed sub-taiga woodland with acidophilous [Quercus]


Scientific name:
Boreonemoral lichen-dwarf shrub mixed forests


Scientific name:
Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - [Betula] woodland


Scientific name:
Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - [Fagus] woodland


Scientific name:
Mixed [Abies] - [Picea] - [Fagus] woodland


Scientific name:
Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - acidophilous [Quercus] woodland


Scientific name:
Subcontinental nemoral [Pinus] - [Quercus] forests


Scientific name:
Continental nemoral [Pinus] - [Quercus] forests


Scientific name:
Mixed non-riverine deciduous and coniferous woodland


Scientific name:
Mixed deciduous woodland with [Cupressaceae] or [Taxaceae]


Scientific name:
Mixed woodland with [Cupressaceae], [Taxaceae] and evergreen oak


Scientific name:
Mixed mediterranean [Pinus] - thermophilous [Quercus] woodland


Scientific name:
Mixed [Pinus sylvestris] - thermophilous [Quercus] woodland


Scientific name:
Mixed [Pinus nigra] - evergreen [Quercus] woodland


Scientific name:
Mixed mediterranean pine - evergreen oak woodland


Scientific name:
Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice


Scientific name:
Small broadleaved deciduous anthropogenic woodlands


Scientific name:
Small broadleaved evergreen anthropogenic woodlands


Scientific name:
Small mixed broadleaved and coniferous anthropogenic woodlands


Scientific name:
Early-stage natural and semi-natural woodlands and regrowth


Scientific name:
Early-stage mixed broadleaved and coniferous plantations


Scientific name:
Trees planted for early whole-tree harvesting


Scientific name:
Recently felled areas, formerly broadleaved trees


Scientific name:
Recently felled areas, formerly coniferous trees


Scientific name:
Recently felled areas, formerly mixed broadleaved and coniferous trees


Scientific name:
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats


Scientific name:
Terrestrial underground caves, cave systems, passages and waterbodies


Scientific name:
Caves without vertebrates or invertebrates


Scientific name:
Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes


Scientific name:
Calcareous and ultra-basic screes of warm exposures


Scientific name:
Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops


Scientific name:
Middle European montane siliceous cliffs


Scientific name:
Cyrno-Sardinian montane and alpine cliffs


Scientific name:
West Mediterranean thermophile siliceous cliffs


Scientific name:
Lowland northern and middle siliceous cliffs


Scientific name:
Tyrrheno-Adriatic eumediterranean calcicolous chasmophyte communities


Scientific name:
Central Pyrenean calcicolous chasmophyte communities


Scientific name:
Alpine and sub-mediterranean chasmophyte communities


Scientific name:
Hellenic eumediterranean calcicolous chasmophyte communities


Scientific name:
Lowland middle European calcareous cliff communities


Scientific name:
Boreal and arctic serpentine and basaltic cliff communities


Scientific name:
Bare inland basaltic and ultrabasic cliffs


Scientific name:
Temperate serpentine and basaltic cliff communities


Scientific name:
Mediterranean serpentine and basaltic cliff communities


Scientific name:
Almost bare rock pavements, including limestone pavements


Scientific name:
Bare weathered rock and outcrop habitats


Scientific name:
Sparsely vegetated weathered rock and outcrop habitats


Scientific name:
Rock glaciers and unvegetated ice-dominated moraines


Scientific name:
Unvegetated glacial moraines in the process of formation


Scientific name:
Miscellaneous inland habitats with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Fjell fields and other freeze-thaw features with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Fjell fields with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Glacial moraines with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Sparsely- or un-vegetated habitats on mineral substrates not resulting from recent ice activity


Scientific name:
Clay and silt with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Stable sand with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Gravel with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Shallow rocky soils with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Dry organic substrates with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
Burnt areas with very sparse or no vegetation


Scientific name:
East Mediterranean fumaroles and solfataras


Scientific name:
Peri-Alpine fumaroles, solfataras and mofettes


Scientific name:
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats


Scientific name:
Large-scale intensive unmixed crops (>25ha)


Scientific name:
Medium-scale intensive unmixed crops (1-25ha)


Scientific name:
Small-scale intensive unmixed crops (<1ha)


Scientific name:
Mixed crops of market gardens and horticulture


Scientific name:
Large-scale market gardens and horticulture


Scientific name:
Small-scale market gardens and horticulture, including allotments


Scientific name:
Arable land with unmixed crops grown by low-intensity agricultural methods


Scientific name:
Inundated or inundatable croplands, including rice fields


Scientific name:
Bare tilled, fallow or recently abandoned arable land


Scientific name:
Fallow un-inundated fields with annual weed communities


Scientific name:
Fallow un-inundated fields with annual and perennial weed communities


Scientific name:
Fallow inundated fields with annual weed communities


Scientific name:
Fallow inundated fields with annual and perennial weed communities


Scientific name:
Small-scale ornamental and domestic garden areas


Scientific name:
Weed communities of recently abandoned garden areas


Scientific name:
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats


Scientific name:
Residential buildings of city and town centres


Scientific name:
Residential buildings of villages and urban peripheries


Scientific name:
Urban and suburban industrial and commercial sites still in active use


Scientific name:
Disused constructions of cities, towns and villages


Scientific name:
Urban and suburban construction and demolition sites


Scientific name:
High density temporary residential units


Scientific name:
Rural industrial and commercial sites still in active use


Scientific name:
Derelict spaces of disused rural constructions


Scientific name:
Active opencast mineral extraction sites, including quarries


Scientific name:
Recently abandoned above-ground spaces of extractive industrial sites


Scientific name:
Transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas


Scientific name:
Weed communities of transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas


Scientific name:
Highly artificial man-made waters and associated structures


Scientific name:
Highly artificial saline and brackish standing waters


Scientific name:
Saline and brackish industrial lagoons and canals


Scientific name:
Highly artificial saline and brackish running waters


Scientific name:
Highly artificial non-saline standing waters


Scientific name:
Ponds and lakes with completely man-made substrate


Scientific name:
Standing waterbodies of extractive industrial sites with extreme chemistry


Scientific name:
Highly artificial non-saline running waters


Scientific name:
Non-saline water channels with completely man-made substrate


Scientific name:
Running discharges from extractive industrial sites with extreme chemistry


Scientific name:
Highly artificial non-saline fountains and cascades


Scientific name:
Solid agricultural and horticultural waste


Scientific name:
Waste resulting from building construction or demolition


# IUCNCATEGORIES

title:
Strict Nature Reserve: protected area managed mainly for science

definition:
Area of land/or sea possessing some outstanding or representative ecosystems, geological or physiological features and/or species, available primarily or scientific research and/or environmental monitoring


title:
Strict Nature Reserve: protected area managed mainly for wilderness protection

definition:
Large area of unmodified or slightly modified land and/or sea, retaining its natural character and influence, without permanent or significant habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural condition


title:
National park: protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection and recreation

definition:
Natural area of land and/or sea, designated to (a) protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and future generations, (b) exclude exploitation or occupation inimical to the purposes of designation of the area and (c) provide a foundation for spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational and visitor opportunities, all of which must be environmentally and culturally compatible


title:
Natural Monument: protected area managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features

definition:
Area containing one, or more, specific natural or natural/cultural feature which is of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative or aesthetic qualities or cultural significance


title:
Habitat/Species Management Area: protected area managed mainly for conservation through management intervention

definition:
Area of land and/or sea subject to active intervention for management purposes so as to ensure the maintenance of habitats and/or to meet the requirements of specific species


title:
Protected Landscape/Seascape: protected area managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation and recreation

definition:
Area of land, with coast and sea as appropriate, where the interaction of people and nature over time has produced an area of distinct character with significant aesthetic, ecological and/or cultural value, and often with high biological diversity. Safeguarding the integrity of this traditional interaction is vital to the protection, maintenance and evolution of such an area


title:
Managed Resource Protected Area: protected area managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems

definition:
Area containing predominantly unmodified natural systems, managed to ensure long term protection and maintenance of biological diversity, while providing at the same time a sustainable flow of natural products and services to meet community needs


# sites-it

AREANAME:
Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna


AREANAME:
Duna costiera ravennate e foce torrente Bevano


AREANAME:
Bosco delle Sorti della Partecipanza di Trino


AREANAME:
Gessi Bolognesi e Calanchi della Abbadessa


AREANAME:
Bosco della Ficuzza, Rocca Busambra, Bosco del Cappelliere e Gorgo del Drago


AREANAME:
Complesso morenico di Castellaro Lagusello


AREANAME:
Incisioni rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo


AREANAME:
Monte Capodarso e Valle dell'Imera meridionale


AREANAME:
Monti di Palazzo Adriano e Valle del Sosio


AREANAME:
Orrido e Stazione di Leccio di Chianocco


AREANAME:
Pantalica, Valle dell'Anapo e Torrente Cava Grande


AREANAME:
Popolamento di Juniperus phoenicea di Rocca San Giovanni - Saben


AREANAME:
Crateri vulcanici del Meilogu - Monte Annaru


DESIGNATE:
Area Naturale Marina di interesse internazionale


AREANAME:
Penisola del Sinis - Isola di Mal di Ventre


AREANAME:
Parco archeologico minerario di San Silvestro


AREANAME:
Arboreto Monumentale di Moncioni: Il Pinetum


AREANAME:
Monte Peglia Selva di Meana (S.T.I.N.A.)


AREANAME:
Macchia di Gattaceca e Macchia del Barco


AREANAME:
Complesso speleologico Villasmundo - S. Alfio


AREANAME:
Isola di Lachea e Faraglioni dei Ciclopi


AREANAME:
Isola di Filicudi e scogli Canna e Montenassari


AREANAME:
Gallipoli Cognato - Piccole Dolomiti Lucane


AREANAME:
Complesso lacuale Bracciano - Martignano


AREANAME:
Quarto degli Ebrei e Tenuta di Mazzalupetto


AREANAME:
Mola della Corte - Settecannelle - Capodacqua


AREANAME:
Antiche Città di Fregellae e Fabrateria Nova e del Lago di San Giovanni Incarico


AREANAME:
Orrido di Foresto e Stazione di Juniperus oxycedrus di Crotte San Giuliano


AREANAME:
Pizzo Cane, Pizzo Trigna e Grotta Mazzamuto


AREANAME:
Promontorio Villa Tiberio e Costa Torre Capovento - Punta Cerola


