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National inventories of orchards and fruit in the UK

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Traditional Orchards are defined, for priority habitat purposes, •…as groups Relictof fruit and nut trees planted on vigorous rootstocks at low densities in permanent Less than trees in a low intensity way. Cobnut plats are also included. grassland; and5 managed

What’s it all about?

They are a composite habitat (similar to wood-pasture and parkland), defined by their structure • Long abandoned rather than vegetation type, which can include trees, scrub, grassland, ponds, walls, hedgerows More non-fruit fruitOrchards trees, can or difficult discern and hedgerow trees.than Traditional take severaltodifferent distribution patterns, 2006 – and PTES mapping England’s orchards including small largestarted patches, along linear boundaries, and trees dispersed among settlements.

• Intensively managed traditional orchard trees

2008 – Traditional Orchard gets Priority Habitat Status Normally old orchards under intensive management Prime2011 Traditional Orchard habitat consists of grazed grassland with fruit trees of varying age – Finished England, started Wales structure, with an abundance of standing and fallen dead and decaying wood. Young trees and 2012 – Finished Wales,bush helping in Scotland newly planted orchards or thatorganic are managed in a low intensity way are also included in the • Abandoned orchards definition.

Biodiversity value currently unclear

Full definition sites • Lost 33197 Future restoration and

Marginal sites 6117

Tree form will usually be standards or half-standards, Habitat condition but will vary accordingly to species and local practice.

(20% assessed) Vigorous rootstocks include trees that are grown on their monitoring loss own rootstock,Excellent seedling rootstocks,12% and named rootstocks that allow the tree to develop to its full size.

Good Poor

40% 48%

Data sources

Historical OS historical maps maps

OS 1st – 4th Edition c.1843 – 1945 Tithe maps Projects pre-dating PTES work Other projects Ordnance Survey Aerial Photographic Interpretation

OS historical maps

Estate maps Channonz Hall today 1640

Other historic maps

External sources

Ordnance Survey Data

API

API – Aerial Photographic Interpretation

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