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Vegetated States and Values – Inland Dune

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This chapter describes the vegetation of sand dunes as determined by systematic analysis of plant species composition. It includes the stable forms of sand dune inland of the beach and foredune, where there is one. Vegetation usually covers the surface, as described in Sects. 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5 and 1.3.6. States 1–4 relate to different grazing pressures, State 5 to afforestation and State 6 the presence of native woodland. The chapter provides the basis for assessing the trends and trade-offs associated with changes in the extent and intensity of grazing, the degree of scrub and woodland development (also dealt with in Chap. 8 in relation to the invasion of alien plants) and the presence of native woodland. The following sections, using examples taken mostly from Europe, describe the vegetated inland sand dune states and their ecosystem services values in more detail.

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  1. 1.

    Grass or grass-like.

  2. 2.

    ‘Secondary’ describes woodlands that have regenerated abandoned or neglected ground previously used for agriculture, grazing or other uses.

  3. 3.

    ‘Ancient’ describes woodlands in Great Britain, continuously wooded since the 1600s in England and Wales, or 1750 in Scotland.

  4. 4.

    Note in its native range on the Iberian Peninsula it has declined to such an extent that it is now on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41291/0).

  5. 5.

    ‘Warrens’ – in Great Britain,

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Doody, J.P. (2013). Vegetated States and Values – Inland Dune. In: Sand Dune Conservation, Management and Restoration. Coastal Research Library, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4731-9_5

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