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Information Note: Atlantic Woodlands in Britain & Ireland. Temperate Rainforests and Southern Oceanic Woodlands. Introduction Lowland Rainforests and Southern Oceanic Woods can share many old growth and oceanic leafy lichen species, but those oceanic species are often best developed in Lowland Rainforests where the communities are more diverse as they include additional hyperoceanic species. However, these woodland types have markedly different assemblages of crust forming lichen species. Southern Oceanic Woods support ‘old growth’ crustose communities on a variety of bark textures, including distinctive smooth bark species and old growth assemblages on the rough bark of veteran trees, where these are not found in ‘rainforests’ (where it is generally too wet for them). Smooth bark in true Lowland Rainforests (especially on hazel, but also other species such as rowan) have a very distinctive assemblage of hyperoceanic species that are not seen in Southern Oceanic Woods (where it is generally not humid enough in summer for them).Southern Oceanic Woodland: found in oceanic areas which are wet in winter but have significant negative summer water deficits i.e. it still rains in summer but warmer temperatures mean that there is an excess of evaporation over rainfall in summer. For lichens (but not necessarily bryophytes) this is a very good habitat for tropical – warm temperate lichens, where this habitat is especially important for genera of Trentepohlia algae containing lichens which have their highest diversity in the humid tropics (Wolseley et al, 2016). Turn down the heat and leave to infuse for 20mins – tasting occasionally until you are happy with the flavour. The recent interest in Atlantic woodlands is very much welcomed, particularly the increased national profile of “Temperate Rainforests” and their associated “rainforest” biodiversity, which is especially gratifying. However, large geographical areas currently referred to as temperate ‘rainforest’ areas have woodlands that are not strictly “rainforests” but can still support ‘old growth’ and oceanic lichen and bryophyte assemblages of international importance. To aid understanding of Atlantic woodland habitats and ensure their conservation, as a starting point this document summarises and classifies Atlantic woodland types within Britain and Ireland. Atlantic Woodland Classification

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