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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