EEA geospatial data catalogue
EUNIS coastal habitat types, distribution based on vegetation plot data - version 1, Nov. 2021
This metadata corresponds to the EUNIS Coastal habitat types, distribution based on vegetation plot data dataset.
Coastal habitats are those above spring high tide limit (or above mean water level in non-tidal waters) occupying coastal features and characterised by their proximity to the sea, including coastal dunes and wooded coastal dunes, beaches and cliffs. Includes free-draining supralittoral habitats adjacent to marine habitats which are normally only very rarely subject to any type of salt water, in as much as they may be inhabited predominantly by terrestrial species, strandlines characterised by terrestrial invertebrates and moist and wet coastal dune slacks and dune-slack pools. Supralittoral sands and wracks may be found also in marine habitats (M). Excludes supralittoral rock pools and habitats, the splash zone immediately above the the mean water line, as well the spray zone and zone subject to sporadic inundation with salt water in as much as it may be inhabited predominantly by marine species, which are included in marine (M).
The verified coastal habitat samples used are derived from the Braun-Blanquet database ( http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en) which is a centralised database of vegetation plots and comprises copies of national and regional databases using a unified taxonomic reference database. The geographic extent of the distribution data are all European countries except Armenia and Azerbaijan. The dataset is provided both in Geodatabase and Geopackage formats.
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Identification info
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Date (Publication)
- 2021-11-15
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Date (Creation)
- 2019-03-01
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Edition
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01.00
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Citation identifier
- eea_v_3035_10_mio_eunis-hab-n_p_1940-2017_v01_r00
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- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contactEuropean Environment Agency
Custodian
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Spatial representation type
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Vector
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Equivalent scale
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Denominator
- 10000000
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Topic category
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Biota
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Extent
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Extent
Temporal extent
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Time period
- 1940-01-01 2017-12-31
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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- GEMET
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habitat
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terrestrial ecosystem
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natural area
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coastal ecosystem
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- Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
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United Kingdom
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EEA38 (from 2020)
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- EEA topics
- Temporal resolution
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Not planned
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Access constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
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License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Language
- English
Distribution Information
Data quality info
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Report
Result
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Title
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Resource lineage
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Statement
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The database compiled for the Braun-Blanquet project comprises various national and regional vegetation databases. The maintenance of these databases is in principle in the hands of the custodians. However, before uploading datasets into the Braun-Blanquet database a quality check is performed by Alterra and Masaryk University. If possible, detected errors are corrected and reported back to the data provider. Attributes added to the distribution data are: YEAR (year of recording) and PRECISION (precision in meters, indicating how precise the location is indicated).
More information can be found in the Braun-Blanquet project website: http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/vegsci/braun_blanquet.php?lang=en.
Supporting information on the creation of this dataset is available in the ETC/BD Technical paper 3/2019: 'Distribution and habitat suitability maps of revised EUNIS coastal and wetland habitats' at: https://www.eionet.europa.eu/etcs/etc-bd/products/etc-bd-reports/etc-bd-technical-paper-3-2019-distribution-and-habitat-suitability-maps-of-revised-eunis-coastal-and-wetland-habitats.
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Reference System Information
Reference System Information
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Code
- EPSG:3035
Metadata
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Metadata identifier
- da521e3e-95bb-4eb3-8226-358e1171e298
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
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Resource type
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Dataset
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Date info (Creation)
- 2019-11-25T13:58:34Z
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Date info (Revision)
- 2025-10-09T11:18:02.667472Z
Metadata standard
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Title
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ISO 19115/19139
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Edition
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1.0
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