ENPA BAP Upland Oakwood

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Exmoor National Park Authority
Last updated:
03 December 2013
Topic:
Environment
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Summary

The steep-sided combes and coastal slopes of Exmoor still support large expanses of ancient woodland. These are largely of the upland oak woodland type, which on Exmoor is easily defined by the predominance in the canopy of sessile oak. Other trees and shrubs are much scarcer, though downy birth is usually present, and holly, rowan and hazel tend to be present in the understorey. In NVC terms, this is defined as the W17 sessile oak – downy birth – Dicranum majus moss community. In addition, richer soils on flatter ground and in the valley bottoms and around spring lines support woodland in which pedunculate oak and ash may be locally dominant. Though much smaller in area, these communities form an important part of the upland oak wood complex and are particularly important for the communities of rare lichens they support.

Some of Exmoor’s upland oakwoods contain areas of wood pasture with numerous ancient pollards. The management issues in such areas are rather different to those pertaining to the woodlands proper and they are dealt with under the “parklands, wood pastures and veteran trees” HAP.

Some of Exmoor’s upland oakwoods contain areas of wood pasture with numerous ancient pollards. The management issues in such areas are rather different to those pertaining to the woodlands proper and they are dealt with under the “parklands, wood pastures and veteran trees” HAP.

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Added to data.gov.uk
2013-12-02
Access contraints
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Harvest GUID
16f391dc-49dc-400f-8392-672d25f499a2
Extent
Latitude: 51.32263° to 50.96008°
Longitude: -4.07592° to -3.27118°
Spatial reference system
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700
Dataset reference date
2001-08-01 (publication)
2001-08-01 (creation)
2001-08-01 (revision)
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Exmoor National Park Authority (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
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eng
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