The River Annan
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The River Annan Trust & District Salmon Fishery Board
Restoring Annan Water
RAW is an ambitious catchment scale programme that aims to restore habitats and natural processes to the River Annan and investigate the benefits they can bring to both people and wildlife. This will include a number of programmes:
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Habitat restoration and creation
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Natural flood management
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Restoring natural river functions
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Barrier removal/easement
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Invasive Species Control
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Community engagement & education
W9 Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis woodland (Upland mixed broadleaved woodland with dog’s mercury)
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Syn. Ash-elm woodland; Upland ashwood.
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a) Typical Sub-community
Plot: 01 (Island)
Grid ref: NT 07657 06954
Species Cover
Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) 7
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) 6
Alder (Alnus glutinosa) 5
Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra) 4
Bird Cherry (Prunus padus) 4
Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) 1
Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) 3
Hazel (Corylus avellana) +1
Grey Willow (Salix cinerea) +1
Elder (Sambacus nigra) +1
Male-fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) 7
Dogs Mercury (Mercurialis perennis) 7
Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) 7
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss (Hypnum cupressiforme) 7
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) 6
Great Wood-rush (Luzula sylvatica) 5
(Wood Avens) Geum urbanum 4
Brambles (Rubus fruticosus) 4
Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria) 4
Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tammeriscinum) 4
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) 4
Pink Purslane (Montia sibirica) 4
Enchanters-nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) 4
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium undulatum) 3
Rough-stalked Feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum) 3
Herb-Robert (Geranium robertianum) 3
Many-fruited thyme-moss (Plagiomnium affine) 3
Common Feather-moss (Eurhychium praelongum) 2
False Oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius) 2
Common Nettle (Urtica dioica) 2
Red Campion (Silene dioica) 2
Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) +4
Water Avens (Geum rivale) +4
Tufted Hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) +2
Broad Buckler-fern (Dryopteris dilatata) +2
Nipplewort (Lapsana communis) +1
Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) +1
Key to Domin Scale
Domin (cover) Values
10 = 91-100%
9 = 76-75%
8 = 51-75%
7 = 34-50%
6 = 26-33%
5 = 11-25%
4 = 4-10%
3 = < 4% (many individuals)
2 = < 4% (several individuals)
1 = < 4% (few individuals
+1 = outside of sample but part of community
Contact
The RAW Project, Fisheries Office, Annandale Estates,
St Ann's, Lockerbie, DG11 1HQ
Tel: 01576 470600
Latest News
The minutes of the latest RAW meeting are now availabe here.
Raw Project 2015