Phase 1 Habitat Classification
The Phase 1 Habitat Classification and associated field survey technique provide a standardised system to record semi-natural vegetation and other wildlife habitats. The approach is designed to cover large areas of countryside relatively rapidly.
It presents the user with a basic assessment of habitat type and its potential importance for nature conservation.
Each habitat is identified via a brief description of its defining features, a specific name, an alpha-numeric code, and a mapping symbol.
A
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A1
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A1.1
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A1.1.1
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A1.1.2
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A1.2
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A1.2.1
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A1.2.2
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A1.3
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A1.3.1
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A1.3.2
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A2
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A2.1
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A2.2
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A3
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A3.1
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A3.2
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A3.3
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A4
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A4.1
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A4.2
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A4.3
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B
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B1
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B1.1
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B1.2
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B2
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B2.1
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B2.2
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B3
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B3.1
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B3.2
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B4
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B5
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B6
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C
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C1
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C1.1
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C1.2
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C2
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C3
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C3.1
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C3.2
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D
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D1
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D1.1
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D1.2
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D2
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D3
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D4
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D5
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D6
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E
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E1
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E1.6
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E1.6.1
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E1.6.2
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E1.7
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E1.8
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E2
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E2.1
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E2.2
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E2.3
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E3
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E3.1
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E3.2
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E3.3
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E4
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F
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F1
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F2
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F2.1
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F2.2
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G
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G1
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G1.1
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G1.2
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G1.3
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G1.4
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G1.5
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G1.6
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G2
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G2.1
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G2.2
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G2.3
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G2.4
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G2.5
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G2.6
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H
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H1
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H1.1
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H1.1.1
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H1.1.2
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H1.1.3
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H1.2
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H1.2.1
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H1.2.2
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H1.2.3
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H1.3
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H1.3.2
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H1.3.3
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H2
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H2.3
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H2.4
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H2.6
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H3
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H4
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H5
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H6
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H6.4
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H6.5
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H6.6
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H6.7
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H6.8
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H8
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H8.1
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H8.2
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H8.3
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H8.4
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H8.5
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I
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I1
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I1.1
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I1.1.1
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I1.1.2
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I1.2
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I1.2.1
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I1.2.2
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I1.3
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I1.4
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I1.4.1
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I1.4.2
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I1.5
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I2
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I2.1
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I2.2
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I2.3
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I2.4
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J
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J1.1
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J1.2
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J1.3
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J1.4
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J2
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J2
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J2.1
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J2.1.1
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J2.1.2
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J2.2
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J2.2.1
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J2.2.2
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J2.3
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J2.3.1
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J2.3.2
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J2.4
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J2.5
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J2.6
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J2.7
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J2.8
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J3
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J3.4
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J3.5
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J3.6
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J4
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J5
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NA
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