Habitats
The North East has a wealth of different habitat types ranging upland heaths and traditional haymeadows to coastal cliffs and rich marine areas.
For individual descriptions of some of our most important habitats, follow the links on the left hand bar or links belows.
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The North East contains examples of all the UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats listed below:
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland
Coastal flood plain and grazing marsh
Calaminarian grasslands
Open mosiac habitats on previously developed land
Inland rock outcrop and scree habitats
Purple moor-grass and rush pasture
Lowland fens
Upland flushes, fens and swamps
Reedbeds
Eutrophic standing waters
Intertidal mud
Sea-grass beds
Saline lagoons
Horse Mussel beds
Sublittoral sands and gravels
