Habitats
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About thirty everyday names for the places plants and animals live, from rainforest to seagrass. Each one leads down to the official types that governments and scientists use, and to the places where they're mapped.
6 habitats
Coast
Where land meets sea: beaches, saltmarsh, mangroves, mudflats and estuaries.
Beach and dune
Sandy shores and the dunes behind them, held together by grasses and shrubs.
On the record at 3 places
Mangrove
Salt-tolerant trees and shrubs growing in the tidal zone of sheltered shores.
On the record at 3 places
Saltmarsh
Low, salt-tolerant plants on flats flooded by the highest tides, between land and mangroves or mudflats.
On the record at 4 places
The everyday names and their descriptions are a PLOT draft, written with AI help and waiting for a person to review them. The official lists they lead to are imported as published.