C5 Clear felled / new plantings in forest areas

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Definition of landscape category

Clear felled/new plantings in forest areas - Areas with hard boundaries, generally integral with stands of high forest and which have recently been felled or planted. Evidence of logging, rowing up of trash and drainage may be present.

Aerial Definition

• Google photo sphere Upper Derwent (opens new window) Looking West a clear patch of newly planted High Forest seen on the hillside.

In the Peak District

Visible clear felling/new planting is evident in the larger forestry stands and in isolated locations elsewhere. Almost impossible to locate, for human observers and AI, are young plantings on agricultural and marginal land for ecosystem services (wildlife conservation/watershed management).

Climate change and diseases such as Phytophthora - Larch Disease (opens new window) and Ash Dieback (opens new window) means this is a much more common sight in our native trees as well as for forestry practice or the removal of non-native trees for biodiversity improvement.