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    Priority habitats

    Priority species | Priority habitats | 

    Priority habitats occurring on National Trust properties in Northern Ireland.

    Priority habitats Significance of Northern Ireland resource owned by the National Trust Occurs at these National Trust properties
    Woodlands    
    Upland oak woodland High Crom, Glenarm, Craigagh Wood
    Upland mixed ash wood Low Murlough Bay, Colin Glen, Glenoe
    Wet woodlands Low Crom, Castle Coole, Coney & Tonregee Islands
    Lowland wood pasture and parkland Hight Crom, Castle Coole, Coney & Tonregee Islands

    Priority habitats Significance of Northern Ireland resource owned by the National Trust Occurs at these National Trust properties
    Grasslands and arable    
    Ancient and / or species-rich hedgerows Low Crom, Rowallane
    Cereal field margins Low Ballyquintin
    Lowland meadows Low Crom, Florence Court
    Upland calareous grassland Low Murlough Bay, Cushleake, Giant's Causeway, White Park Bay

    Priority habitats Significance of Northern Ireland resource owned by the National Trust Occurs at these National Trust properties
    Heathland and bog    
    Lowland heath High Giants Causeway, Murlough NNR, Fair Head, Ballyconaghan, Ballycarry, Mourne Coastal Path, Slieve Donard
    Upland heath Low Slieve Donard
    Lowland raised bog Low The Argory
    Blanket bog Low Cushleake
    Montane heath High Slieve Donard

    Priority habitats Significance of Northern Ireland resource owned by the National Trust Occurs at these National Trust properties
    Wetlands    
    Purple moor grass and rush pasture Low Crom, Glenarm, Giant’s Causeway (Aird) and Divis Mountain
    Coastal flood plain and grazing marsh Low Grangemore, Crom, Strangford
    Fens Medium Crom, Fair Head, Castle Coole
    Reed beds Medium Crom, Castle Coole
    Mesotrophic standing water Low Ballyconagan, Fair Head
    Eutrophic standing waters Medium Crom, Castle Coole, Castle Ward, Glastry
    Rivers Low Wellbrook, The Argory, Grangemore / Portstewart, Collin Glen, Cushendun, Minnowburn, Glenoe and Divis Mountain

    Priority habitats Significance of Northern Ireland resource owned by the National Trust Occurs at these National Trust properties
    Coastal    
    Maritime cliff and slopes High Giant's Causeway, Fair Head & Murlough, White Park Bay, Larrybane, Loughan Bay, Skernaghan Pt, Orlock Pt., Mourne Coastal Path
    Coastal sand dunes High Murlough NNR, Portstewart, Grangemore, White Park Bay
    Coastal saltmarsh High Strangford, Barmouth, Ballymacormick Pt, Dundrum Coastal Path.
    Coastal vegetated shingle High Giant's Causeway, Bloody Bridge, Strangford Lough, Kearney
    Medflats High Strangford
    Sheltered muddy gravels High Strangford
    Saline lagoons Medium Strangford, Barmouth
    Seagrass beds High Strangford

    Priority habitats Significance of Northern Ireland resource owned by the National Trust Occurs at these National Trust properties
    Marine    
    Modiolus beds Medium Strangford

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    Giant's Causeway - a geological phenomenon renowned for its polygonal columns of layered basalt, caused by a volcanic eruption 60 million years ago
    © NTPL / Joe Cornish
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