Ireland's Environment: a millennium report. Chapter 12 - Biodiversity and natural heritage

Publication Year

2000

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Withdrawn

Abstract

Ireland’s natural heritage includes a unique geological legacy, which gives the country its natural distinctiveness. Native mixed deciduous woodlands are few and small in extent, but hedgerows are a particularly prominent feature of the Irish countryside. Ireland has habitat types that are scarce or absent over much of Europe, including turloughs, shingle beaches, coastal lagoons, maërl beds, machair and a complete range of bog types of international importance.

Document History

This document is part of a larger document, Irelands Environment: a millennium report, which has been split into parts for ease of use.

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