ECOFACT Volume 1 Introduction and Approach - Centre for Ecology ...
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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