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SSSI Guidelines: Chapter 9. Upland Habitats 2024

Abstract

Guidelines for the Selection of biological SSSIs.

Part 2: Detailed guidelines for habitats and species groups

The statutory nature conservation agencies have a duty under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended, to notify any area of land which in their opinion is 'of special interest by reason of any of its flora, fauna, or geological or physiographical features'. Such areas are known as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs).

This Chapter covers a range of upland habitat types, including bogs, dwarf-shrub heath, fens, flushes, grasslands and montane heath and scrub. These guidelines provide the basis for the selection of SSSIs for these upland habitat features.

For more information about the SSSI Guidelines, and to access the other chapters, visit the SSSI Guidelines webpage.

This resource may not be fully accessible for all users. If you need a copy in a different or more accessible format, please contact Communications@jncc.gov.uk.

Resource type Publication

Topic category Environment

Reference date 2024·11·27

Citation
Crowle, A.J.W., Coupar, A.M., Glaves, D.J., Key, D., Noble, A.K., Ratcliffe, J.B., Rentoul, K.R. & Thompson, D.B.A. 2024. Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs. Part 2: Detailed Guidelines for Habitats and Species Groups. Chapter 9 Upland Habitats. JNCC, Peterborough.

Lineage
This chapter updates and replaces the previous Uplands SSSI Selection Guidelines chapter (Nature Conservancy Council 1989).

Responsible organisation
Communications, JNCC publisher

Limitations on public access No limitations

Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence 3.0

Metadata date 2024·11·27

Metadata point of contact
Communications, JNCC

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