Traditional Orchards
Perllannau Traddodiadol
This is a spatial dataset contain the location of Traditional Orchards sites around Wales. Traditional orchards are listed as a UK BAP priority habitats, which are those habitats that were identified as being the most threatened and requiring conservation action under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP).
Traditional orchards are structurally and ecologically similar to wood-pasture and parkland, with open-grown trees set in herbaceous vegetation, but are generally distinguished from these priority habitat complexes by the following characteristics:
- the species composition of the trees, these being primarily in the family Rosaceae;
- the usually denser arrangement of the trees;
- the small scale of individual habitat patches;
- the wider dispersion and greater frequency of occurrence of habitat patches in the countryside.
Traditional orchards include plantings for nuts, principally hazel nuts, but also walnuts. Management of the trees is the other main feature distinguishing traditional orchards and wood-pasture and parkland. Trees in traditional orchards are, or were, grown for fruit and nut production, usually achieved through activities such as grafting and pruning; whereas timber has been the main product from trees in wood-pastures and parkland, mostly derived from pollarding or selective felling. Grazing or cutting of herbaceous vegetation are integral to orchard management, as they are in wood-pastures and parkland.
Set ddata ofodol yw hon sy'n cynnwys safleoedd perllannau traddodiadol ar hyd a lled Cymru. Caiff perllannau traddodiadol eu rhestru fel cynefinoedd blaenoriaeth Cynllun Gweithredu Bioamrywiaeth y DU, sef y cynefinoedd hynny a nodwyd fel y rhai sy'n wynebu'r bygythiad mwyaf ac sydd angen gweithredu cadwraethol dan Gynllun Gweithredu Bioamrywiaeth y DU. Yn strwythurol ac yn ecolegol mae perllannau traddodiadol yn debyg i borfa goed a pharcdir, gyda choed wedi'u tyfu'n agored yn tyfu mewn llystyfiant llysieuol, ond gan amlaf maent yn wahanol i'r ardaloedd cynefin blaenoriaeth hyn oherwydd y nodweddion canlynol: cyfansoddiad rhywogaethau'r coed, sef yn t teulu Rosaceae yn bennaf; trefniant mwy trwchus y coed fel arfer; clytiau bychain o gynefin unigol; gwasgariad ehangach ac amlder clytiau cynefin yng nghefn gwlad. Mae perllannau traddodiadol yn cynnwys cnau, cnau cyll yn bennaf, a chnau Ffrengig hefyd.
Datganiad priodoli
Yn cynnwys gwybodaeth Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru © Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a Chronfa Ddata Hawl. Cedwir pob hawl.
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DynodyddIdentifier
- NRW_DS116294
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Teitl AmgenAlternative Title
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- Traditional orchards.LYR
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- English
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Traditional orchards can easily be distinguished from other wooded habitats based on the preponderance of domestic fruit and nut species: apple, plum, pear, damson, cherry, walnut and cobnut. Only in a very few cases will there be a significant number of other tree species in a traditional orchard, unless the orchard is becoming woodland through neglect. An arbitrary distinction of requiring, say, 50% of trees to be domestic fruit or nut species in an orchard, is rarely likely to be invoked for distinguishing orchards from wood-pasture/parkland.
This dataset is made up of three files - Traditional Orchards Wales data from 2014 and a newer version of the data showing more up-to-date information about the location of Traditional Orchards.
- Additional Information
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Orchards are hotspots for biodiversity in the countryside, supporting a wide range of wildlife and containing UK BAP priority habitats and species, as well as an array of Nationally Rare and Nationally Scarce species. The wildlife of orchard sites depends on the mosaic of habitats they encompass, including fruit trees, scrub, hedgerows, hedgerow trees, non-fruit trees within the orchard, the orchard floor habitats, fallen dead wood and associated features such as ponds and streams.
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Dyddiad cyfeirnod y set ddata (Cyhoeddiad)Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2016-04-01
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- Wales (WLS)
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Lleolwr AdnoddauResource Locator
- Download Data and Web services ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
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Lleolwr AdnoddauResource Locator
- Web Mapping Service ( OGC:WMS )
Quality
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CydymffurfiadConformity
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Traditional orchards can easily be distinguished from other wooded habitats based on the preponderance of domestic fruit and nut species: apple, plum, pear, damson, cherry, walnut and cobnut. Only in a very few cases will there be a significant number of other tree species in a traditional orchard, unless the orchard is becoming woodland through neglect. An arbitrary distinction of requiring, say, 50% of trees to be domestic fruit or nut species in an orchard, is rarely likely to be invoked for distinguishing orchards from wood-pasture/parkland.
This dataset is made up of three files - Traditional Orchards Wales data from 2014 and a newer version of the data showing more up-to-date information about the location of Traditional Orchards.
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Dyddiad (Cyhoeddiad)Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
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- orchards
- forestry (see also timber, silviculture)
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Dyddiad (Cyhoeddiad)Date (Publication)
- 2026-03-04
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- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Woodlands (SMNR)
- Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
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Dyddiad (Cyhoeddiad)Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-26
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Gwybodaeth Cynnwys
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Proffil CNC
NRW Profile
Elfennau CNC
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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
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© CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
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© CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right
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- Open Government Licence
Metadata
Metadata
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Dynodydd FfeilFile Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136323934 XML
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Laith MetadataMetadata Language
- English
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Environment (Wales) Act Section 7 Terrestrial Habitats of Principal Importance
NRW_DS122418
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DatasetDataset
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Dyddiad MetadataMetadata Date
- 2026-06-17T14:36:18.687Z
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1.0