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Vegetation class 10<br />
Description<br />
AGGREGATE CLASS II<br />
TALL GRASSLAND/HERB<br />
Tall grassl<strong>and</strong>/<br />
herb<br />
boundaries<br />
Soils L<strong>and</strong> cover<br />
Occurrence (%)<br />
45<br />
40<br />
35<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<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 />
244<br />
%<br />
79<br />
0<br />
21<br />
0<br />
%<br />
37<br />
9<br />
4<br />
19<br />
1<br />
30<br />
This class usually occurs in boundaries between crops but may also be on<br />
streamsides or in relict fragments of vegetation <strong>and</strong> sometimes in hedgerows on<br />
a range of soil types. The class is common <strong>and</strong> mainly consists of a ground<br />
cover of false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), cleavers (Galium aparine)<br />
<strong>and</strong>, to a lesser extent, common nettles (Urtica dioica). Creeping thistle<br />
(Cirsium arvense) <strong>and</strong> field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) are characteristic<br />
species <strong>and</strong> common reed (Phragmites australis) is present if the vegetation is<br />
on the water’s edge. The distribution of this class is centred on East Anglia <strong>and</strong><br />
southern Engl<strong>and</strong> although it also occurs in the lowl<strong>and</strong>s elsewhere, except in<br />
south-west Engl<strong>and</strong>.<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 0.28 SE 0.16 Length 53.41 SE 7.13
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