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APPENDIX 6 – VEGETATION CHARACTER OF QUADRATS IN INDIVIDUAL ESAS
Table A6.1 – The mean number of species found in random and Priority Habitat quadrats in individual ESAs.
Extra Priority Habitat Quadrats / Mean Number of Species in all Priority Habitats / S.E.
Avon Valley / 5 / 22.00 / 2.02 / 0 / 25.00 / 1.00
Blackdown Hills / 9 / 27.11 / 3.92 / 5 / 35.57 / 4.66
Breckland / 27 / 21.20 / 1.36 / 8 / 20.80 / 2.00
Broads / 20 / 17.60 / 2.39 / 3 / 20.63 / 5.29
Clun / 7 / 15.90 / 1.70 / 0 / - / -
Cotswold Hills / 38 / 25.2 / 2.8 / 7 / 48.1 / 5.57
Dartmoor / 28 / 18.6 / 1.2 / 3 / 16.71 / 1.5
Essex Coast / 7 / 14.1 / 2.6 / 2 / 14.9 / 2.5
Exmoor / 39 / 19.0 / 1.1 / 7 / 20.0 / 3.3
Lake District / 69 / 21.3 / 0.9 / 25 / 26.02 / 1.7
North Kent Marshes / 3 / 19.7 / 3.8 / 0 / 19.7 / 3.8
North Peak / 20 / 14.6 / 1.6 / 5 / 10.8 / 2.9
Pennine Dales / 27 / 24.1 / 2.1 / 6 / 26.1 / 4.1
Shropshire Hills / 7 / 15.9 / 2.9 / 0 / 18.5 / 11.5
Somerset Levels and Moors / 17 / 21.8 / 1.9 / 4 / 23.8 / 2.2
South Downs / 16 / 26.25 / 3.72 / 9 / 52.5 / 5.39
South Wessex Downs / 10 / 32.0 / 7.1 / 9 / 46.5 / 5.52
South West Peak / 42 / 17.6 / 1.1 / 1 / 7.5 / 1.3
Suffolk River Valleys / 36 / 17.2 / 1.1 / 5 / 18.21 / 1.6
Test Valley / 4 / 16.5 / 2.5 / 2 / 20.3 / 5.2
Upper Thames Tributaries / 4 / 18.3 / 4.1 / 3 / 23.8 / 4.3
West Penwith / 15 / 13.1 / 2.4 / 10 / 21.8 / 4.2
Total / 450 / 20.19 / 0.48 / 228 / 24.85 / 1.07
Table A6.2 – The CVS Classes that Random Quadrats were assigned to in individual ESAs
ESA / Non-classified / I / II / III / IV / V / VI / VII / VIII / Total
Avon Valley / 2 / 3 / 5
Blackdown Hills / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 9
Breckland / 2 / 13 / 10 / 1 / 1 / 27
Broads / 1 / 11 / 7 / 1 / 20
Clun / 1 / 4 / 2 / 7
Cotswold Hills / 1 / 4 / 13 / 10 / 10 / 38
Dartmoor / 1 / 6 / 14 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 28
Essex Coast / 1 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 7
Exmoor / 1 / 1 / 5 / 27 / 2 / 3 / 39
Lake District / 2 / 24 / 29 / 1 / 6 / 7 / 69
North Kent Marshes / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
North Peak / 1 / 10 / 7 / 2 / 20
Pennine Dales / 1 / 14 / 5 / 7 / 27
Shropshire Hills / 1 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 7
Somerset Levels and Moors / 3 / 8 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 17
South Downs / 1 / 6 / 6 / 3 / 16
South Wessex Downs / 2 / 5 / 3 / 10
South West Peak / 3 / 5 / 30 / 3 / 1 / 42
Suffolk River Valleys / 3 / 1 / 7 / 24 / 35
Test Valley / 3 / 1 / 4
Upper Thames Tributaries / 2 / 2 / 4
West Penwith / 3 / 10 / 1 / 2 / 16
Total / 450
Table A6.3 – The CVS Classes that Priority Habitat quadrats were assigned to in individual ESAs.
ESA / Non-classified / I / II / III / IV / V / VI / VII / VIII / Total
Avon Valley
Blackdown Hills / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 5
Breckland / 4 / 4 / 8
Broads / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
Clun / 0
Cotswold Hills / 3 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 7
Dartmoor / 1 / 2 / 3
Essex Coast / 2 / 2
Exmoor / 4 / 3 / 7
Lake District / 1 / 7 / 11 / 2 / 4 / 25
North Kent Marshes / 0
North Peak / 3 / 1 / 1 / 5
Pennine Dales / 2 / 4 / 6
Shropshire Hills / 0
Somerset Levels and Moors / 3 / 1 / 4
South Downs / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 9
South Wessex Downs / 2 / 7 / 9
South West Peak / 1 / 1
Suffolk River Valleys / 1 / 4 / 5
Test Valley / 1 / 1 / 2
Upper Thames Tributaries / 2 / 1 / 3
West Penwith / 1 / 1 / 5 / 2 / 1 / 10
Total / 114
Random Quadrats in priority habitats (not cfgm)
Aggregate Class
ESA / Non-classified / I / II / III / IV / V / VI / VII / VIII / Total
Avon Valley / 2 / 2
Blackdown Hills / 1 / 1 / 2
Breckland / 3 / 3 / 6
Broads / 1 / 1
Clun / 0
Cotswold Hills / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
Dartmoor / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4
Essex Coast / 1 / 1
Exmoor / 1 / 4 / 5
Lake District / 5 / 8 / 2 / 15
North Kent Marshes / 0
North Peak / 1 / 2 / 1 / 4
Pennine Dales / 3 / 1 / 1 / 5
Shropshire Hills / 2 / 2
Somerset Levels and Moors / 1 / 1
South Downs / 2 / 2 / 1 / 5
South Wessex Downs / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
South West Peak / 3 / 3
Suffolk River Valleys / 1 / 3 / 4
Test Valley / 1 / 1
Upper Thames Tributaries / 0
West Penwith / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
Total / 70
Random Quadrats in priority habitats (cfgm)
Aggregate Class
ESA / Non-classified / I / II / III / IV / V / VI / VII / VIII / Total
Avon Valley / 0
Blackdown Hills / 0
Breckland / 0
Broads / 2 / 1 / 1 / 4
Clun / 0
Cotswold Hills / 0
Dartmoor / 0
Essex Coast / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 5
Exmoor / 0
Lake District / 1 / 1 / 2
North Kent Marshes / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
North Peak / 0
Pennine Dales / 0
Shropshire Hills / 0
Somerset Levels and Moors / 2 / 6 / 2 / 3 / 13
South Downs / 0
South Wessex Downs / 0
South West Peak / 0
Suffolk River Valleys / 2 / 4 / 9 / 15
Test Valley / 1 / 1
Upper Thames Tributaries / 1 / 1
West Penwith / 0
Total / 44
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Table A6.4. The NVC categories assigned to random quadrats in individual ESAs.
NVC / AV / BH / BR / BD / CL / CH / DA / EC / EX / LD / NK / NP / PD / SH / SL / SD / SX / SP / SV / TV / UT / WP / TotalUnclassified / 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 7
CG2 / 1 / 2 / 3
CG3 / 6 / 1 / 7
CG4 / 1 / 1 / 2
CG6 / 1 / 1 / 2
H1 / 1 / 1
H2 / 1 / 3 / 4
H4 / 2 / 6 / 4 / 12
H7 / 1 / 1
H8 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 4
H9 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
H10 / 1 / 1
H12 / 1 / 1 / 2
M4 / 0
M6 / 3 / 3
M9 / 0
M15 / 1 / 2 / 3
M17 / 1 / 2 / 3
M19 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
M20 / 1 / 1
M21 / 2 / 2 / 4
M22 / 2 / 2
M23 / 2 / 1 / 3
M25 / 1 / 1 / 2
M27 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
MC8 / 1 / 1 / 2
MC9 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 4
MC10 / 1 / 1
MG1 / 0
Table A6.4continued - The NVC categories assigned to random quadrats in individual ESAs
NVC / AV / BH / BR / BD / CL / CH / DA / EC / EX / LD / NK / NP / PD / SH / SL / SD / SX / SP / SV / TV / UT / WP / Total
MG3 / 1 / 1
MG4 / 1 / 1
MG5 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 6
MG6 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 11 / 14 / 17 / 32 / 1 / 6 / 16 / 5 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 23 / 8 / 148
MG7 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 4 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 5 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 6 / 13 / 1 / 1 / 55
MG8 / 1 / 1 / 2
MG9 / 2 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 12
MG10 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 2 / 25
MG11 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 6 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 31
MG12 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
MG13 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 6
OV9 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
OV10 / 1 / 1
OV19 / 2 / 1 / 3
OV20 / 1 / 1
OV21 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
OV23 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 9
OV28 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 4
OV37 / 1 / 1
S4 / 0
SD6 / 1 / 1 / 2
SD8 / 1 / 1
SD10 / 2 / 1 / 3
SD12 / 3 / 3
SD17 / 1 / 1
SM16 / 1 / 1
SM28 / 1 / 2 / 3
U1 / 2 / 2 / 4
U2 / 1 / 2 / 3
Table A6.4continued - The NVC categories assigned to random quadrats in individual ESAs
NVC / AV / BH / BR / BD / CL / CH / DA / EC / EX / LD / NK / NP / PD / SH / SL / SD / SX / SP / SV / TV / UT / WP / Total
U4 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 1 / 13
U5 / 2 / 2 / 4 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 13
U13 / 1 / 1
U20 / 1 / 1
W10 / 1 / 1
W16 / 0
W23 / 1 / 1
W25 / 1 / 1
Total / 5 / 9 / 27 / 20 / 7 / 38 / 28 / 7 / 39 / 69 / 3 / 20 / 27 / 7 / 17 / 16 / 10 / 42 / 36 / 4 / 4 / 15 / 450
Table A6.5. The NVC classes assigned to Priority Habitat quadrats in individual ESAs.
Unclassified / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 6
CG2 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 6
CG3 / 4 / 3 / 1 / 8
CG4 / 2 / 2 / 4
CG5 / 2 / 1 / 3
CG6 / 1 / 2 / 3
H1 / 1 / 1
H2 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 4 / 8
H4 / 1 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 15
H7 / 1 / 2 / 3
H8 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 6
H9 / 2 / 2
H10 / 1 / 1
H12 / 1 / 1 / 2
M4 / 1 / 1
M5 / 2 / 2
M6 / 5 / 2 / 7
M9 / 2 / 2
M15 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 5
M17 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
M19 / 1 / 1
M21 / 2 / 2
M22 / 1 / 1
M23 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
M25 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 4
M27 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3
MC8 / 0
MC9 / 1 / 1 / 2
Table A6.5 continued - The NVC categories assigned priority habitat quadrats in individual ESAs
NVC / AV / BH / BR / BD / CL / CH / DA / EC / EX / LD / NK / NP / PD / SH / SL / SD / SX / SP / SV / TV / UT / WP / Total
MG1 / 1 / 1 / 2
MG4 / 1 / 1
MG5 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 7
MG6 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 6 / 24
MG7 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 5 / 12
MG8 / 1 / 1 / 2
MG9 / 1 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 8
MG10 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 5 / 7 / 2 / 19
MG11 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 7
MG12 / 1 / 1
MG13 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 6
OV16 / 1 / 1
OV20 / 0
OV21 / 0
OV23 / 0
OV28 / 1 / 1 / 2
OV37 / 0
S4 / 1 / 1
SD6 / 1 / 1
SD8 / 1 / 1
SD10 / 3 / 3
SD12 / 1 / 1
SD17 / 1 / 1 / 2
SM16 / 1 / 1 / 2
SM24 / 0
SM28 / 1 / 1 / 2
U1 / 2 / 2
U2 / 1 / 3 / 4
U3 / 1 / 1
Table A6.5 continued - The NVC categories assigned to Priority Habitat quadrats in individual ESAs
NVC / AV / BH / BR / BD / CL / CH / DA / EC / EX / LD / NK / NP / PD / SH / SL / SD / SX / SP / SV / TV / UT / WP / Total
U4 / 2 / 1 / 3
U5 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 5
U6 / 1 / 1
U13 / 1 / 1
W16 / 1 / 1
W23 / 1 / 1
W25 / 0
2 / 7 / 14 / 8 / 0 / 10 / 7 / 8 / 12 / 42 / 3 / 9 / 11 / 2 / 18 / 14 / 12 / 4 / 24 / 4 / 4 / 13 / 228
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APPENDIX 7 – THE BROAD AND PRIORITY HABITATS IN EACH INDIVIDUAL ESA
Table A7.1- The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Avon Valley ESA.
Broadleaved Woodland / 8.6 / 6
Improved grassland / 1.0 / 1
Newly sown grassland / 35.2 / 24
Neutral grassland / 71.1 / 48
Lowland Meadow / 30.5 / 21
Fen, marsh,swamp / 0.5 / 0
Total / 147.3
Table A7.2 - The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Blackdown Hills ESA.
Broadleaved Woodland / 99 / 17.66
Woodland Mosaics / 14 / 2.41
Lowland Heath (P) / Bog / 1 / 0.21
Fen/ Marsh/ Swamp / 5 / 0.97
Fen/ Wet Woodland (P) / 0 / 0.08
Flush (P) / 0 / 0.04
Lowlland Raised Bog (P) / 8 / 1.48
Supralittoral Sediment / 0 / 0.06
Wet Woodland (P) / 3 / 0.59
Wet Woodland (P) / Marsh / 1 / 0.14
Coniferous Woodland / 6 / 1.03
Arable / 23 / 4.03
Improved Grassland / 232 / 41.26
Arable Reversion / 2 / 0.31
Neutral Grassland / 123 / 21.88
Neutral Grassland Mosaics / 6 / 1.10
Lowland Meadow (P) / 28 / 5.00
Acid Grassland / 6 / 1.08
Bracken / 2 / 0.36
Bracken Mosaic / 2 / 0.29
Priority Habitats / 40 / 7.1142
Total Area Surveyed / 563
Total Area of ESA / 13186
% of ESA / 4.27
Table A7.3 - The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Breckland ESA.
Broadleaved Woodland / 7.93 / 0.36
Woodland Mosaics / 22.88 / 1.05
Lowland Heath (P) / 12.51 / 0.57
Lowland Heath (P) / Acid Grassland / 18.68 / 0.86
Fen/ Marsh / Swamp / 48.21 / 2.21
Fen/ Marsh / Swamp Mosaics / 13.90 / 0.64
Coniferous Woodland / 29.23 / 1.34
Coniferous Woodland / Bracken / 24.71 / 1.14
Arable / 1.77 / 0.08
Cereal Field Margins (P) / 31.50 / 1.45
Improved Grassland / 129.94 / 5.97
Improved Grassland Mosaics / 20.04 / 0.92
Arable Reversion / 40.41 / 1.86
Neutral Grassland / 453.49 / 20.83
Neutral Grassland Mosaics / 22.14 / 1.02
Calcareous Grassland / 1.77 / 0.08
Calcareous Grassland Mosaics / 27.00 / 1.24
Lowland Calcareous Grassland (P) / 98.65 / 4.53
Lowland Calcareous Grassland Mos / 4.43 / 0.20
Acid Grassland / 208.66 / 9.58
Acid Grassland Mosaics / 158.01 / 7.26
Dry Acid Grassland (P) / 444.26 / 20.41
Dry Acid Grassland (P) Mosaics / 283.58 / 13.03
Bracken / 24.56 / 1.13
Bracken Mosaics / 48.69 / 2.24
Priority Habitats / 586.92 / 26.95
Total / 2177.08
Total in ESA / 7888.4
% of ESA / 27.59
Table A7.4 - The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Broads ESA.
Wet woodland (carr) / 3.1 / 0
Arable / 41.4 / 3
Cereal Field Margins / 23.4 / 1
Improved grassland / 690.0 / 43
Newly sown grassland / 47.0 / 3
Coastal Floodplain and Grazing Marsh (improved) / 504.2 / 31
Neutral grassland / 11.5 / 1
Coastal Floodplain and Grazing marsh (neutral) / 29.6 / 2
Mosaics / 273.0 / 17
Total / 1623.0
Table A7.5 - The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Clun ESA.
Broadleaved Woodland / 24 / 1.89
Woodland/ Bracken / 20 / 1.56
Coniferous Woodland / 34 / 2.67
Arable / 78 / 6.18
Improved Grassland / 411 / 32.69
Neutral Grassland / 590 / 46.93
Neutral Grassland/ Bracken / 6 / 0.46
Bracken / 26 / 2.04
Bracken Mosaics / 35 / 2.78
Priority Habitats / 0 / 0.00
Total Area Surveyed / 1257
Total Area of ESA / 15799
% of ESA / 8
Table A7.6 - The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Cotswold Hills ESA.
Broadleaved Woodland / 476 / 12.36
Woodland Mosaics / 18 / 0.47
Fen/ Marsh/ Swamp / 1 / 0.03
Urban / 2 / 0.06
Beech Woodland (P) / 1 / 0.03
Wet Woodland (P) / 1 / 0.02
Arable / 1392 / 36.13
Cereal Field Margins (P) / 9 / 0.24
Improved Grassland / 615 / 15.95
Improved Grassland Mosaics / 79 / 2.04
Arable Reversion / 708 / 18.36
Floodplain and Coastal Grazing Marsh (P) / 4 / 0.11
Neutral Grassland / 218 / 5.66
Neutral Grassland Mosaics / 53 / 1.37
Calcareous Grassland / 47 / 1.21
Calcareous Grassland Mosaics / 24 / 0.63
Lowland Calcareous Grassland (P) / 30 / 0.78
Bracken / 1 / 0.03
Bracken/ Woodland / 1 / 0.03
Priority Habitats / 45 / 1
Total Area Surveyed / 3854
Total Area of ESA / 46213
% of ESA / 8
Table A7.7 - The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Dartmoor ESA.
Broadleaved Woodland / 113 / 2.46
Woodland Mosaics / 26 / 0.54
Upland Heathland / 135 / 2.94
Lowland Heath (P) / 55 / 1.20
Lowland Heath Mosaics / 46 / 1.00
Fen/ Marsh/ Swamp / 5 / 0.10
Bog / 10 / 0.21
Blanket Bog (P) / 57 / 1.23
Urban / 1 / 0.03
Lowland Beech (P) / 1 / 0.02
Coniferous Woodland / 2 / 0.04
Arable / 56 / 1.23
Improved Grassland / 340 / 7.38
Improved Grassland/ Bracken Mosaic / 1 / 0.01
Neutral Grassland / 631 / 13.71
Neutral Grassland Mosaics / 63 / 1.37
Lowland Meadow (P) / 13 / 0.29
Acid Grassland / 2146 / 46.62
Acid Grassland Mosaics / 352 / 7.64
Bracken / 392 / 8.52
Bracken Mosaics / 155 / 3.37
Priority Habitats / 262 / 6
Total Area Surveyed / 4604
Total Area of ESA / 36887.31
% of ESA / 12
Table A7.8 - The areas of Broad and Priority Habitats surveyed in the Essex Coast ESA.