Concept: Upper shingle beaches with open vegetation in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/B2.3
Preferred label	Upper shingle beaches with open vegetation
Definition	The upper beach of large shingle bars, with open pioneer communities or perennial vegetation mostly formed by [Crambe maritima], [Honkenya peploides], [Lathyrus japonicus] and a few other specialised species. Mainly in northwest Europe, from the Atlantic to the Baltic.
Notation	B2.3
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Pioneer communities added by D. Moss in October 2006 to include B2.34
Has broader	B2 (Coastal shingle) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	B2.31 (Baltic [Crambe maritima] communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats B2.32 (Channel [Crambe maritima] communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats B2.33 (Atlantic [Crambe maritima] communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats B2.34 (Gravelly beach and shingle pioneer communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/42