Annex I lists the specific
habitats which have been designated as the a
Special Area of Conservation, to which a common EU-wide legislation applies. Certain habitats among those are furthermore designated as "priority habitat types". Habitats in the EU are given codes. An area or habitat can combine two habitats, and be designated as for example code 35.2 × 64.1 - Open grassland with
Corynephorus and
Agrostis (35.2), in combination with continental dunes (64.1). Example Annex I habitats are: Open sea and tidal areas • Sea cliffs and shingle or stony beaches • Atlantic and continental salt marshes and salt meadows •
Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic salt marshes and salt meadows • Salt and gypsum continental steppes Dunes • Sea dunes of the Mediterranean coast • Continental dunes, old and decalcified Standing and running freshwater • Sections of water courses with natural or semi-natural dynamics (minor, average and major beds) where the water quality shows no significant deterioration Matorral • Mediterranean arborescent
matorral • Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-steppe brush •
Phrygana Grasslands • Natural grasslands • Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies • Sclerophyllous grazed forests (
dehesas) • Semi-natural tall-herb humid meadows • Mesophile grasslands Bogs, mires and fens • Sphagnum acid bogs • Calcareous fens Rocky areas and caves • Scree, chasmophytic vegetation on rocky slopes • Other rocky habitats Forests - Only (sub-)natural • Forests of temperate Europe • Mediterranean deciduous forests • Mediterranean sclerophyllous forests • Alpine and subalpine coniferous forests • Mediterranean mountainous coniferous forests The full list of habitats is distributed over 9 main categories. ==Annex II==