Service Description: The Northern Ireland Peatland map layer displays information from the NI Peatalnd Survey (1988) which mapped peatland vegetation at 1:20,000 scale for the whole of Northern Ireland derived from the interpretation of 1970s and 1980s aerial photographs.
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Description: This data represents NIEA commissioned surveys and may not represent the entire extent of habitat or species across Northern Ireland. All blanket bog and lowland raised bog, lowland fen (only on peat) and wet woodland (only on peat). Coverage: Northern Ireland.
Note: The digital dataset has a field titled CODE and the abbreviated code(s) is explained as follows:
ac anastomosing channels
acc intense anastomosing channels
B site of bog burst
Burning /Bn evidence of this in patchy vegetation
C Calluna
D diverse
D-C diverse Calluna
Dd diversity due to disturbance
Dh diversity due to habitat
dmb diverse mixed bog vegetation
dr drained
FL flushed
ic incipient anastomosing channels
Lh lagg of herbaceous vegetation
M Molinia
mb mixed bog vegetation
old / o.c. old cutting
pc pool complex
Tr trees: (d) dense or (o) open
Copyright Text: Published in 1988 using the most recent aerial photograph imagery available at the time (from 1970s and 1980s)
Owner: NIEA
Authors - Cruickshank, M.M. & Tomlinson, R.W. (1988). Northern Ireland Peatland Survey. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (Countryside and Wildlife Branch). Belfast.
Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)
Initial Extent:
XMin: -853228.549946389
YMin: 7161022.85547963
XMax: -600240.067267376
YMax: 7329746.41475484
Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)
Full Extent:
XMin: -908589.661686179
YMin: 7174117.79664769
XMax: -605157.189195717
YMax: 7424784.39094302
Spatial Reference: 102100 (3857)
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