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Fifty habitat types occur in Cyprus (13 are priority ones), according to the outcomes of the "Biogeographic Seminar for Cyprus" (June 2012). However, certain habitat types have to be review whether occuring in Cyprus , such as habitat types 1180 and 5310, which were classified as "Scientific Reserves" at "Biogeographic Seminar for Cyprus".
Coastal and Halophytic Habitats
1110 Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time
1120 * Posidonia beds(Posidonion oceanicae)
1140 Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide
1150 * Coastal lagoons
1170 Reefs
1180 Submarine structures made by leaking gases
1210 Annual vegetation of drift lines
1240 Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp.
1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
1420 Mediterranean and thermo-
1430 Halo-
1510 * Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia)
1520 * Iberian gypsum vegetation (Gypsophiletalia)
Freshwaters Habitats
3140 Hard oligo-
3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition type vegetation
3170 * Mediterranean temporary ponds
3290 Intermittently flowing Mediterranean rivers of the Paspalo-
Coastal Sand Dunes and Island Dunes
2110 Embryonic shifting dunes
2190 Humid dune slacks
2220 Dunes with Euphorbia terracina
2230 Malcolmietalia dune grasslands
2240 Brachypodietalia dune grasslands with annuals
2250 * Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
2260 Cisto-
Sclerophyllous Scrub (Matorral)
5210 Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp.
5220 * Arborescent matorral with Zyziphus
5230 * Arborescent matorral with Laurus nobilis
5310 Laurus nobilis thickets
5330 Thermo-
5420 Sarcopoterium spinosum phryganas
Rocky Habitats and Caves
8140 Eastern Mediterranean screes
8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation
8240 * Limestone pavements
8310 Caves not open to the public
8330 Submerged or partially submerged sea caves
Forests
9290 Cupressus forests (Acero-
92A0 Salix alba and Populus alba galleries
92C0 Platanus orientalis and Liquidambar orientalis woods (Platanion orientalis)
92D0 Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-
9320 Olea and Ceratonia forests
9390 * Scrub and low forest vegetation with Quercus alnifolia
93A0 Woodlands with Quercus infectoria (Anagyro foetidae-
9530 * (Sub)Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines
9540 Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines
9560 * Endemic forests with Juniperus spp.
9590 * Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae)