hard, coherent rock within 0.5 m of the soil surface.
Landform:
rock dominated landscapes throughout Scotland, from the lowlands of Kirkcudbright to the high tops of the Cairngorms and as far north as Shetland. Precipitous rock walls of corries or the undulating rock pavements of mountain plateaux. Areas of terraced land or steep hill slopes with crags and screes.
Soils:
brown rankers, podzolic rankers and lithosols.
Vegetation:
some improved pastures, semi-natural grassland or heather moorland and some lowland areas are dominated by gorse or bracken. Often little or no vegetation.
Printed from /learning/natural-resource-datasets/host/host-class-22 on 30/01/23 02:12:02 AM
The James Hutton Research Institute is the result of the merger in April 2011 of MLURI and SCRI.
This merger formed a new powerhouse for research into food, land use, and climate change.
HOST Class 22
