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For more information, contact: Davie Black- Plantlife Scotland, Balallan House, 24 Allan Park, Stirling FK8 2QG. Tel: 01786 469778 Doug Shapley- RSPB Scotland, 10 Park Quadrant, Glasgow G3 6BS. Tel: 0141 331 0993 Targeting Atlantic Woodland Conservation Joining up nature in practice - making ecological coherence a reality Atlantic woodland is a globally restricted habitat, home to a host of species of conservation concern including species for which Scotland has an international responsibility to conserve, in particular lichens and bryophytes. Important Plant Areas (IPAs) are internationally important places for plants, including vascular plants, lichens, bryophytes and algae. The map shows the extent of the core areas for the Atlantic woodland and the zones of opportunity. Zones of opportunity are areas where the environmental conditions are suitable for Atlantic woodlands to grow and where, with appropriate land management, oceanic plant communities could spread from the core areas. Project Area Selection Forestry Co-Operation applied for under Scottish Forest Grant Scheme. Project to engage with landowners in the local area and complete a Rhododendron management plan. An essential part of this is monitoring the effects of management on key species. Volunteer input may assist with this. The aim of this project was to target conservation work that would benefit core areas for western Atlantic woodland in Scotland. Rhododendron is a threat to Atlantic Woodland plant communities and co-ordinating action to remove it is a priority. Utilising the Plantlife Important Plant Area dataset and the Native Woodland Survey Scotland (NWSS), areas most in need of conservation action were identified in a spatial analysis to target the removal of rhododendron. SSSI’s & Rhododendron Walkover survey. Identified issues on the ground NWSS Rhodi Cover Tree Lungwort Lobaria pulmonaria Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Chequered Skilpper Carterocephalus palaemon All photos by Doug Shapley Rhododendron surrounding Inversnaid

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Targeting Atlantic Woodland Conservation

Joining up nature in practice -

making ecological coherence a reality

Atlantic woodland is a globally restricted habitat, home to a host of species of conservation concern including species for which Scotland has an international responsibility to conserve, in particular lichens and bryophytes.

Important Plant Areas (IPAs) are internationally important places for plants, including vascular plants, lichens, bryophytes and algae. The map shows the extent of the core areas for the Atlantic woodland and the zones of opportunity. Zones of opportunity are areas where the environmental conditions are suitable for Atlantic woodlands to grow and where, with appropriate land management, oceanic plant communities could spread from the core areas.

Project Area Selection Forestry Co-Operation applied for under Scottish Forest Grant Scheme. Project to engage with landowners in the local area and complete a Rhododendron management plan. An essential part of this is monitoring the effects of management on key species. Volunteer input may assist with this.

The aim of this project was to target conservation work that would benefit core areas for western Atlantic woodland in Scotland. Rhododendron is a threat to Atlantic Woodland plant communities and co-ordinating action to remove it is a priority. Utilising the Plantlife Important Plant Area dataset and the Native Woodland Survey Scotland (NWSS), areas most in need of conservation action were identified in a spatial analysis to target the removal of rhododendron.

SSSI’s & Rhododendron

Walkover survey. Identified issues on the ground

NWSS Rhodi Cover

Tree Lungwort Lobaria pulmonaria

Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Chequered Skilpper Carterocephalus palaemon

All photos by Doug Shapley

Rhododendron surrounding Inversnaid

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