The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

2. LAND

Table 2.4 Land cover summary,1,2 1988 Cover types Single feature area Features in mosaics % primary4 Estimated total secondary3,4 cover Total 78,828.50 100 78,828.50 Open Countryside Arable 8,826.90 11.20 18.10 10.10 8,841.80 Improved grassland 10,281.00 13.00 1,086.20 230.10 11,024.90 Good rough grassland 2,472.20 3.10 1,995.20 2,847.30 4,808.20 Poor rough grassland 2,011.00 2.60 1,735.30 3,371.80 4,400.90 Bracken 117.30 0.10 201.30 752.10 538.90 Heather moorland 6,881.50 8.70 13,685.90 4,572.60 16,922.10 Peatland 6,600.20 8.40 3,661.10 11,308.20 13,320.10 Montane 1,604.50 2.00 1,202.20 346.90 2,464.60 Rock and cliffs 348.10 0.40 46.70 98.20 415.40 Woodland Felled woodland 299.80 0.40 13.60 5.00 310.00 Recent planting 3,092.00 3.90 94.70 110.70 3,193.10 Coniferous plantation 6,142.10 7.80 85.50 29.50 6,205.20 Semi-natural coniferous 75.00 0.10 4.10 14.80 83.40 Mixed woodland 854.50 1.10 17.10 27.10 875.60 Broadleaved 1,024.30 1.30 39.40 49.30 1,067.70 Scrub 74.40 0.10 8.60 82.30 112.50 Wet ground Fresh waters 1,532.00 1.90 - 9.70 1,535.00 Marshes 127.90 0.20 8.20 72.00 161.60 Saltmarshes 60.40 0.10 0.60 1.80 61.50 Dunes 193.10 0.20 55.70 43.70 244.00 Tidal Waters 27.30 - - - 27.30 Developed Rural development 470.30 0.60 50.00 4.20 7.00 Urban 1,444.80 1.80 1.00 1.30 1,445.90 Other Missing photography/obscured land 256.00 0.30 1.50 23.10 266.10 Subtotal 54,816.70 69.50 - - - Mosaics of types above 24,011.80 30.50 24,011.80 24,011.80 - Source: MLURI 1 Area in square kilometres to 1 Decimal place. 2 The totals shown may not match the totals of the columns due to rounding 3 Estimates are very crude and only appear as a guide to the extent of cover types within single features and mosaics combined. 4 This estimate is based on the assumption that where a cover type is the primary feature in a mosaic, it accounts for 60% of the mosaic area, and where it appears as a secondary feature it accounts for 40%.