County Wildife Site Criteria for Cornwall Appendices

or W9 woodlands. In Cornwall there are no known W9woodlands and the majority of the W8 woodlands are of subcommunityW8e. It appears reasonable to consider W8ewoodlands as this PHT. In practice however, we have usedPeterken Stand Type for this PHT, in just the same way that wehave for the other PHT woodlands.We have adopted the approach that we would only usePeterken Stand Types. This is for two main reasons. Firstly, themajority of the woodland studies in Cornwall have used thePeterken Stand Type system while there are relatively fewwoodlands that have been assigned to a NVC community.Secondly, it is relatively easy to derive a Peterken Stand Typefrom simple fieldwork whereas it is extremely time consumingto try to derive an NVC community from limited species lists.Moreover, the results may be open to question.Our method should give unbiased results that are transparent.That is, the allocation to PHT follows a clear and simple methodwhere the PHT usually shows a direct correspondence to theoriginal classification.SummaryDefinitely is: Peterken Stand Type 3D.Overall AssessmentAverageProbably is: Inferred to be Peterken Stand Type 3D.CommentsThe map should give a reasonable picture of the distribution ofthis PHT in Cornwall.Appendix 4 - Information Relating to Priority Habitat TypesCounty Wildlife Sites Criteria