Areas of windblown sand, generally near
coasts and having distinctive, though varied dune landforms are characteristic
of this category. Vegetation cover may be incomplete so that bare sand is
exposed, in other instances dunes are partially stabilised by grass,
principally marram grass (Ammophilia arenaria). Stabilised links areas are
also included, the low dunes or flat terrain with grassland including plants
such as fescues, eyebrights and lady's bedstraw.
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