Site Management Flashcards

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Describe management of blanket bog.

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  • Deep peat - Doesn’t require management

- Heather - burn, but too much can result in too much cottongrass.

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Describe management of heathland.

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  • Dominated by heather and gorse
  • Managed through light grazing to prevent gorse dominating heather
  • Too much grazing results in less heather and too much grass.
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Describe management of grasslands.

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  • Acid, neutral or limestone

- Can be cut = meadows or grazed = pastures.

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Describe management of woodland.

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  • Really needed or not?

- Coppice management - trees cut down, some time later new stems appear (makes way for plants which require sunlight).

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Describe management of high forest.

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  • Collection of timber
  • Removal of dead wood
  • However important for woodpeckers and insects.
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Describe management of reed beds.

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Special kits required to get into water and cut reed roots back from waters edge.

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Describe management of hedgerows.

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  • Don’t manage in summer - nests.
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What is the key plant genus on blanket bogs?

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Sphagnum moss.

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