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Blackdown Hills Natural Area - A conservation Profile
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About Resource: Document
DataSet Name: Blackdown Hills Natural Area - A conservation Profile
Coverage: Blackdown Hills, Somerset
Survey Methods: Description of the wildlife and natural features of the area and what makes it distinctive, Also Geological information, maps, species lists, habitat descriptions and codes
Purpose: Designed to describe and evaluate the wildlife and geological features of the Blackdown Hills Natural Area - and to identify the priorities for conservation action, Important habitats - species and physical features within the Natural Area are identifi
Commissioned By: English Nature
Potential: For use as a guide to manage the area for the future whilst allowing current land use to remain alongside the conservation of valuable species and habitats
Limits: No Bibliography, Records are not linked to sites, information appears as generalisations
Last Revised: 01/11/96
Status: Complete
Quality Controls: Not Apparent
Resource Comments: Covers a large area, includes maps, tables and species lists
Related
Related Resource: None
Related Revised: None
Access
Data Formats: Paper Format
Distribution Format: Paper
Details
Taxa: Bryophytes, Bats, Crustaceans, Birds, Fish, Mammals, Vascular Plants, Amphibians, Invertebrates
Region: Blackdown Hills
Start Date: 01/11/96
End Date: 01/11/96
Main Classification: National Vegetation Classification
Biotope Description: Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland/Betula pubescens-Molinia caerulea woodland/Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland/Calluna vulgaris-Ulex gallii heath/Quercus robur-Pteridium aquilinum-Rubus fruticosus woodland/Avenula pubescens grassland/Salix cinerea-Betula pubescens-Phragmites australis woodland/Ulex gallii-Agrostis curtisii heath/Alnus glutinosa-Fraxinus excelsior-Lysimachia nemorum woodland/Molinia caerulea-Potentilla erecta mire: Erica tetralix subcommunity/Erica tetralix-Sphagnum compactum wet heath/Juncus effusus/acutiflorus-Galium palustre rush-pasture/Crataegus monogyna-Hedera helix scrub: Viburnum lantana subcommunity/Molinia caerulea-Cirsium dissectum fen-meadow: Juncus acutiflorus-Erica tetralix subcommunity/Fraxinus excelsior-Acer campestre-Mercurialis perennis woodland/Narthecium ossifragum-Sphagnum papillosum valley mire/Festuca ovina-Hieracium pilosella-Thymus praecox/pulegioides grassland/Prunus spinosa-Rubus fruticosus scrub/Festuca ovina-Avenula pratensis grassland