Land cover change in Scotland
| Rough Grassland | Intermediate Grassland | Smooth Grassland | Blanket Mire | Lowland Mire | Heather Moorland | Lochs | Canals | Reservoirs | Ditches | Rivers | Marginal Inundation | Streams | Wet Ground | Built Land | Quarry | Recreational Land | Rock/Cliff | Transport Corridor | Bare Ground | Tracks | Bracken | Low Scrub | Tall Scrub | Arable | Broadleaved Woodland | Coniferous Woodland | Mixed Woodland | Young Plantation | Broadleaved Plantation | Coniferous Plantation | Parkland | Felled Woodland | Hedgerows | Line of Trees |
Results - Feature - Heather Moorland
Dwarf shrubs or regenerating burnt patches exceeding 50 percent of the ground cover.
The 23 percent decrease in the area of heather moorland was due mainly to afforestation and conversion to rough grassland.
- 1940s baseline - 19% of the area of Scotland
- 1940s-1980s change - 23% reduction in area
- Dynamics of change - biggest reductions to afforestation and conversion to rough grassland; biggest gains from the drainage of blanket mire
- 1980s outcome - 15% of the area of Scotland