Plant communities on serpentine in Scotland

Birse, E. L.

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“…The vegetation of fens has received some synoptic study, in England particularly by Wheeler (1980 a,b,c), in Wales by the Welsh Lowland Peatland Survey (Ratcliffe and Hattey, 1982) and in Scotland by McVean and Ratcliffe (1962), Ratcliffe (1964), Spence (1964) and Birse (1980). Nonetheless, there are a number of important fen sites, particularly in Scotland, that have yet to be described and probably others that have yet to be discovered.…”

Section: Botanical Resources Of Fensmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Tansley, 1939). Most subsequent progress in the description of bog vegetation was made in Scotland, initially by the work of McVean and Ratcliffe (1962) and Ratcliffe (1964) which was later supplemented by studies of the Soil Survey of Scotland (Birse and Robertson, 1976 a, b;Birse, 1980) that paid particular attention to some of the lowland and agricultural areas which had otherwise been substantially ignored. In Wales, useful data were acquired by the unpublished Welsh Lowland Peatland Survey (Ratcliffe and Hattey, 1982), but, with some notable exceptions (e.g.…”

Section: Ombrotrophic Mires (Bogs)mentioning

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Botanical diversity in British mires

Wheeler

1993

Biodivers Conserv

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Although mires are sometimes regarded as a single, specific and even esoteric habitat-type, in their full range of development -calcareous fens to acidic bogs, lowland swamps to upland flushes, woodlands, sedgelands and mosslands -they occupy a wide range of environmental conditions and sustain a rich botanical resource. Here an outline is given of the types of mires that are widespread in Britain and their botanical resource. It is discussed with reference to some of the environmental variables and management conditions that have been shown to influence the species composition and diversity of their vegetation. Some implications that this has for the classification of mires are outlined.

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Section: Botanical Resources Of Fensmentioning

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Section: Ombrotrophic Mires (Bogs)mentioning

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Botanical diversity in British mires

Wheeler

1993

Biodivers Conserv

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“…Attempts to classify Scottish ultramafic vegetation into Associations have been made by Spence (1970) and Birse (1982). The latter concluded that 'Apart from the Violetea calaminariae on raw soils or soils subject to frost heave, there is no class of vegetation specific for serpentine soils.…”

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“…There are a number of individual associations on serpentine which do not belong to that class, but these can be fitted into other classes already established. ' Birse (1982) gave details of three specifically ultramafic Associations (within the Violetea calaminariae):…”

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Recent work on the ultramafic vegetation of Scotland

Proctor

1997

Botanical Journal of Scotland

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The occurrence of ultramafic rocks in Scotland is described along with a summary of recent work in the felds of exploration and description of sites and taxa; the population dynamics of rare species, nutrient limitations in the soils, the role of Ni in their ecology, and the importance and tolerance of high soil Mg/Ca quotients. Some important research needs are outlined and it is emphasized that the biological importance of ultramafics outweighs their small areal extent.

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“…Apart from descriptive studies of the communities (Antonovics et aL 1971;Ernst 1974;Birse 1982), most of the work on the species of these metalliferous softs has concerned tolerance to the high levels of metal and the mechanisms of that tolerance (see, for instance, Brooks etal. 1981).…”

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The distribution of Minuartia verna and Thlaspi alpestre in the British Isles in relation to 13 soil metals

García-González¹,

Clark

1989

Vegetatio

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The plant-communities from habitats of the metallophyte species Minuartia verna and Thlaspi alpestre (T. caerulescens) at sites disturbed and undisturbed by mining are described. Four communities were delineated by cluster and principal component analysis. Group 1 comprised species-poor communities on disturbed non-calcareous soils; group 2, relatively species-rich communities on disturbed calcareous soils; group 3, species-rich communities in the main on undisturbed calcareous soils. Group 4 consisted of species-rich communities with an alpine element, in damp habitats on base-rich soils derived from igneous rocks. Total and exchangeable elements As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn were determined for the soils of these sites. Levels of soil Ca, Cd, Pb and Zn accounted for most of the variation along the first axis of the PCA and soil nutrient levels were probably the main predictor along the second.

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Plant communities on serpentine in Scotland

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

Botanical diversity in British mires

Botanical diversity in British mires

Recent work on the ultramafic vegetation of Scotland

The distribution of Minuartia verna and Thlaspi alpestre in the British Isles in relation to 13 soil metals

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