Summary: Field Excursions

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  • 1.2 Sand landscapes

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  • Where are the high sands in the Netherlands?

    On the highest driest locations with aeolian deposits in the sand-landscape that were overexploited in the plaggenagriculture (Drenthe, Veluwe, N-Brabant).
  • Where are the cover sands?

    In the east.
  • What caused the landscape transformation in  early 1900?

    1. Large scale planting of Scots pine (mining for coal)
    2. Invention of artificial fertilser
  • What are the 4 habitats that can be found in high sands?

    1. Drift sands (anthropomorphic)
    2. Dry sand heaths (anthropomorphic))
    3. Pine forest (anthropomorphic)
    4. Acidophilous oak forest
        a) Oak forest with birch (Birch-oak forest)
        b) Oak forest with beech (Beech-oak forest)
  • What species are typical for drift sands?

    • Corynephorus canescens, Buntgras
    • Grey hair-grass; Cladonia 
    • sp., korstmossen, 
    • lichens
  • What species are typical for dry sand heaths?

    • Calluna vulgaris, Struikhei, Heather
    • Carex pilulifera, Pilzegge, Pill sedge
  • What species are typical for pine forests?

    • Pinus sylvestris, Grove den, Scots Pine
    • Deschampsia flexuosa, Bochtige smele, Wavy hair-grass
    • Crested tit / Kuifmees Lophophanes cristatus
  • What species are typical for acidophilous oak forest?

    • Vaccinium myrtilus, Blauwe bosbes, Bilberry
    • Betula pendula, Ruwe berk, Silver birch
    • Willow tit / Matkop Poecille montanus
  • What species are typical for acidophilous beech forest?

    • Maianthemum bifolium, Dalkruid, May lily
    • Ilex aquifolium, Hulst, Holly
    • Nuthatch / Boomklever Sitta europaea
  • What species are typical for wet heaths?

    • Erica tetralix, Gewone dophei, Cross-leaved heath
    • Gentiana pneumonanthe, Klokjesgentiaan, Marsh gentian
    • Alcon blue / Gentiaanblauwtje Phengaris alcon

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