ECOSSE: Estimating Carbon in Organic Soils - Sequestration and Emissions: Final Report

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Appendix 3 Additional tables and figure for module 8

Table A3.1: Relationship between land categories of Countryside Surveys ( CS) and IPCCLULUCF Guidance. For ECOSSE Grassland is split into Pasture ( CS Improved grassland) and Natural (other CS grasslands).

FOREST

CROPLAND

GRASSLAND

SETTLEMENTS

OTHER

Broadleaved/ mixed

Coniferous

Arable

Horticulture

Improved grassland

Neutral grassland

Calcareous grassland

Acid grassland

Bracken

Dwarf shrub heath

Fen, marsh, swamp

Bogs

Montane

Supra littoral sediment

Littoral sediment

Built up areas

Gardens

Inland rock

Supra littoral rock

Littoral rock

Standing waters

Rivers

Sea

Table A3.2: Relationship between land categories of MLC data and IPCCLULUCF Guidance. For ECOSSE Grassland is split into Pasture and Natural (see Table A3.1)

FOREST

CROPLAND

GRASSLAND

SETTLEMENTS

OTHER

Broadleaved wood

Conifer wood

Mixed wood

Orchards

Crops

Market Garden

Upland heath

Upland smooth grass

Upland coarse grass

Blanket bog

Bracken

Lowland rough grass

Lowland heather

Gorse

Peat bog

Fresh Marsh

Salt Marsh

Improved grassland

Rough pasture

Neglected grassland

Built up

Urban open

Transport

Mineral workings

Derelict

Bare rock

Sand/shingle

Inland water

Coastal water

Table A3.3 Correspondence of NCMS land cover classes to GHG inventory land classes

NCMS Group

NCMS feature

Inventory land class

Grassland

Rough grassland

Natural

Grassland

Intermediate grassland

Pasture

Grassland

Smooth grassland

Pasture

Mire

Blanket mire - heather

Natural

Mire

Blanket mire - grass

Natural

Mire

Lowland mire

Natural

Heather moorland

Heather moorland

Natural

Arable

Arable

Arable

Woodland

Broadleaved woodland

Woodland

Woodland

Mixed woodland

Woodland

Woodland

Broadleaved plantation

Woodland

Woodland

Parkland

Woodland

Woodland

Coniferous woodland

Woodland

Woodland

Young plantation

Woodland

Woodland

Coniferous plantation

Woodland

Woodland

Felled woodland

Woodland

Fresh water

Lochs

Zero

Fresh water

Reservoirs

Zero

Fresh water

Rivers

Zero

Fresh water

Canals

Zero

Fresh water

Marginal inundation

Natural

Fresh water

Wet ground

Natural

Built and bare ground

Built land

Urban

Built and bare ground

Recreation

Urban

Built and bare ground

Transport corridor

Urban

Built and bare ground

Quarry

Zero

Built and bare ground

Rock

Zero

Built and bare ground

Bare ground

Zero

Bracken and scrub

Bracken

Natural

Bracken and scrub

Low scrub

Natural

Bracken and scrub

Tall scrub

Natural

Figure A3.1 Analysis regions in (a) Wales (pre-1996 boundaries) and (b) Scotland, with the number of sample strips/squares in brackets (b=5x5km sample squares, s=2.5x2.5km sample squares)

image of Figure A3.1 Analysis regions in (a) Wales (pre-1996 boundaries) and (b) Scotland, with the number of sample strips/squares in brackets (b=5x5km sample squares, s=2.5x2.5km sample squares)

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