Identification

Title

ENPA BAP Upland Heath

Alternative title(s)

ENPA_Uplandheath

Abstract

Upland heathland is defined as vegetation dominated by dwarf shrubs such as heather, bell heather, whortleberry and gorses which is generally found above the 300 metre contour. The mixture of these species is distinct from that found on lowland heaths, though on Exmoor, the two grade imperceptibly into each other making the distinction somewhat arbitrary in places. In addition to a distinctive plant community, there are also an important range of animals that are very characteristic of upland heath. This is an internationally rare community, for which Britain holds a major part of the world resource. Despite this, there have been major losses of upland heathland to agricultural improvement and afforestation, with approximately 30% of moorland in Britain having been lost between 1950 and 1980.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://inspire.nationalparks.gov.uk/geoserver/enpa_inspire/ows?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities

protocol:

description: OGC Compliant WMS Service

function: information

http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/environment/wildlife-and-ponies/exmoors-biodiversity

description: Upland heathland is defined as vegetation dominated by dwarf shrubs such as heather, bell heather, whortleberry and gorses which is generally found above the 300 metre contour. The mixture of these species is distinct from that found on lowland heaths, though on Exmoor, the two grade imperceptibly into each other making the distinction somewhat arbitrary in places.

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

1588

codeSpace

ENPA

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

EPSG

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::27700

Additional information source

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Moor

Land

biodiversity

biological reserve

biological resource

biosphere reserve

heathland

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-4.07592

East bounding longitude

-3.27118

North bounding latitude

51.32263

South bounding latitude

50.96008

Vertical extent information

Minimum value

Maximum value

Coordinate reference system

authority code

code identifying the coordinate reference system

mattwashere:urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::5701

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2001-08-01

End position

01/01/2020

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2001-08-01

date type

creation

effective date

2001-08-01

date type

revision

effective date

2001-08-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Initial biodiversity action plan digitised to OS Landline data 01/08/2001.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

MapInfo

version of format

10.5

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/licensing/licences/web-mapping-service-end-user-licence.html

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Exmoor National Park Authority

full postal address

Exmoor House

Dulverton

TA22 9HL

United Kingdom

telephone number

01398323665

facsimile number

email address

info@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk

web address

http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/

protocol:

description: Website

function: information

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

GIS Officer

organisation name

Exmoor National Park Authority

full postal address

Exmoor House

Dulverton

TA22 9HL

United Kingdom

telephone number

01398323665

facsimile number

email address

Info@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk

web address

http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/

protocol:

description: Website

function: information

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2013-12-02T15:58:22

Metadata language

eng