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Woodland Opportunity Map - Grassland Fungi
Resource ID
7f3dec07-f157-4dad-877d-8e44a57ef29f
Title
Woodland Opportunity Map - Grassland Fungi
Date
Feb. 19, 2025, midnight, Publication Date
Abstract
Grassland fungi assemblages and some individual species are on the Section 7 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 list and as such their populations require protection. They are difficult to survey as fruiting bodies are only visible for approx. 1 month of the year so are likely to be missed by anyone assessing a site for suitability for tree planting. Tree planting on areas supporting grassland fungi would destroy the populations as the fungi require closely grazed grassland without shading to survive. This dataset shows known location points of ‘notable’ fungi species intersected with the corresponding semi-natural grassland field boundary. Where no semi-natural grassland is present in the location, a 50m buffer is used around the survey point. ‘Notable’ fungi species include (a) Section 7 species; (b) a total of 10 or more individual grassland fungi species. Some areas contain both. Where survey points intersect semi-natural field boundaries larger than 1000m, a 1km buffer is used to limit the area of consultation. See GN002 for further guidance
Edition
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Responsible
Alex.Owen.Harris
Point of Contact
Harris
alex.harris@gov.wales
Purpose
This dataset has been created for the Woodland Opportunity Map (WOM) only, and may not reflect the most current dataset.
Maintenance Frequency
None
Type
vector
Restrictions
None
License
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information
Language
en
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: 169767.265625
  • x1: 355049.90625
  • y0: 164850.0
  • y1: 393550.0
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:27700
Keywords
no keywords
Category
None
Regions
Global