Surrey Heathland

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Surrey Heathland is a distinctive lowland heath ecosystem in Surrey, England, characterized by open, sandy soils, heather, and gorse, and noted for its high biodiversity and conservation importance.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Surrey Heathland canonical 2
Surrey Heaths 1
Surrey heathlands 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecosystem
habitat
lowland heath ecosystem
country United Kingdom
designatedAs Site of Special Scientific Interest
Special Area of Conservation
Special Protection Area
hasCharacteristic dry heath
nutrient-poor soils
open landscape
wet heath
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate
hasConservationStatus priority habitat in the UK
hasEcosystemService biodiversity support
carbon storage
recreation
hasImportance high biodiversity value
high conservation importance
hasLandUseHistory historic grazing
military training areas
hasSoilType sandy soil
hasSubstrate acidic geology
hasVegetation acid grassland
birch scrub
gorse
heather
scots pine
isExampleOf UK lowland heath priority habitat
locatedIn England
South East England
Surrey
managedBy conservation grazing
controlled burning
scrub clearance
partOf Thames Basin Heaths landscape area
surface form: Thames Basin Heaths

Wealden heath complexes
supportsSpecies dartford warbler
surface form: Dartford warbler

nightjar
rare invertebrates
sand lizard
silver-studded blue butterfly
smooth snake
woodlark
threatenedBy inappropriate grazing levels
recreational pressure
scrub encroachment
urban development
wildfire

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surrey Heath namedAfter Surrey Heathland
Surrey Heath containsFeature Surrey Heathland
Bagshot Heath partOf Surrey Heathland
this entity surface form: Surrey heathlands
Chobham Common partOf Surrey Heathland
this entity surface form: Surrey Heaths