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The bare ground of cropped land in the autumn, another category
which is excluded. There are no species present on the land on the
left of the photograph, although the narrow strip of grassland in
the centre would be included as a boundary plot.
A photograph of sea beet (Beta maritima). Such plots were
excluded from the CVS and are not covered by the plot allocation
Vegetation that was included in the survey but which has a high
degree of internal complexity. It is along the edge of a road which
has been regularly treated with salt, so that the vegetation on the
immediate edge of the road is relatively sparse. Further back there
is a cover of perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne), common couch
(Elymus repens) and daisy (Bellis perennis). Such complex
vegetation though rather hetrogeneous, would be correctly
allocated by the Countryside Vegetation System.
A comparable situation in the west of Scotland, with vegetation
dominated by sea campion (Silene maritima). Localised vegetation