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Vegetation class 8<br />
Description<br />
AGGREGATE CLASS V<br />
LOWLAND WOODED<br />
Fertile<br />
hedges/<br />
boundaries<br />
Soils L<strong>and</strong> cover<br />
Occurrence (%)<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Total number of plots<br />
L<strong>and</strong>scape association<br />
Plot types<br />
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10<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 />
236<br />
%<br />
69<br />
0<br />
31<br />
0<br />
%<br />
28<br />
49<br />
1<br />
8<br />
0<br />
14<br />
This class is virtually confined to hedgerows or boundaries but is occasionally<br />
present in small relict patches of vegetation or by streams on brown soils. It is<br />
very common; the hedges usually consist of hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)<br />
but elder (Sambucus nigra) is also widespread. The ground cover is typically<br />
<strong>for</strong>med by common nettles (Urtica dioica) <strong>and</strong> false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum<br />
elatius), with cleavers (Galium aparine) <strong>and</strong> brambles (Rubus fruticosus) less<br />
frequent. The class is not diverse <strong>and</strong> plants such as white dead-nettle<br />
(Lamium album), barren brome (Bromus sterilis) <strong>and</strong> garlic mustard (Alliaria<br />
petiolata) are characteristic species. It is mainly restricted to southern Engl<strong>and</strong>,<br />
the Midl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> East Anglia, occuring less frequently in the lowl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
elsewhere.<br />
Associated features<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 />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<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 absent SE n/a Length 53.57 SE 8.92
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