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Vegetation class 4<br />

AGGREGATE CLASS I<br />

CROPS/WEEDS<br />

Mixed crops<br />

with<br />

broadleaved<br />

weeds<br />

Total number of plots<br />

L<strong>and</strong>scape association<br />

Plot types<br />

Arable<br />

Marginal upl<strong>and</strong><br />

Pastural<br />

Upl<strong>and</strong><br />

Boundary<br />

Hedge<br />

Roadside<br />

Streamside<br />

Main<br />

Habitat<br />

Description<br />

Associated features<br />

Soils L<strong>and</strong> cover<br />

Occurrence (%)<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10<br />

54<br />

%<br />

61<br />

0<br />

39<br />

0<br />

%<br />

0<br />

0<br />

0<br />

0<br />

89<br />

11<br />

This class is present almost exclusively in fields on cultivated soils, but may also<br />

be present in residual fragments of disturbed vegetation. It is not common <strong>and</strong><br />

a variety of crops <strong>for</strong>m the main cover. Several weed species may be present,<br />

such as groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), knotweed (Polygonum aviculare) <strong>and</strong><br />

field pansy (Viola arvensis). This class is present throughout the lowl<strong>and</strong>s of<br />

Britain, except in north-west Engl<strong>and</strong>.<br />

0 Disturbed<br />

1 Terrestrial raw<br />

2 Raw gley<br />

3 Lithomorphic<br />

4 Pelosols<br />

5Brown<br />

6 Podzolic<br />

7 Surface water gley<br />

8 Groundwater gley<br />

9 Man-made<br />

10 Peat<br />

Distribution<br />

Occurrence (%)<br />

100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />

Mapscale approx: 1:11,000,000 Key units<br />

Area 000’s km<br />

0 kilometres 500<br />

–2<br />

Length 000’s km<br />

1 Crops<br />

2 Fertile grassl<strong>and</strong><br />

3 Infertile grassl<strong>and</strong><br />

4 Grass mosaic/bracken<br />

5 Moorl<strong>and</strong> grass<br />

6 Tall grassl<strong>and</strong>/herb<br />

7 Bog<br />

8 Woodl<strong>and</strong><br />

9 Heath <strong>and</strong> screes<br />

10 Water <strong>and</strong> wetl<strong>and</strong><br />

11 Maritime vegetation<br />

12 Communications/urban<br />

Main<br />

Boundary<br />

Area 3.58 SE 0.72 Length absent SE n/a

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