England Peat Status GHG and C storage

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There are three main types of peatland, distinguished by the vegetation that forms them: fen, blanket bog and raised bogs. Natural England has collated a map showing the extent of peatlands in England. A number of data layers from different sources were geo-processed to produce this layer. The main source layer was the National Soils map (digital version) © Cranfield University (NSRI).For the purposes of this project, peatlands have been classified into three types based on the source of the information but assumed to have the following general characteristics:• Deep peaty soils: Areas covered with a majority of peat >40cm deep.• Shallow peaty soils: Areas with a majority of soils with peat 10–40cm deep.• Soils with peaty pockets: Areas of mostly non-peat soils, supporting smaller pockets of deep peat (such as flushes or exposures of buried peat) too small to map at a national scale. More information on England’s peatlands Carbon storage and greenhouse gases can be found in the published report NE257 England’s peatlands Carbon storage and greenhouse gases on Natural England’s Access to Evidence site http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/. Mapping derived from;1:50,000 scale (Superficial Geology) - BGS; National Soils map - Cranfield University (NSRI); 2008/09 Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitat Inventory mapping - NE; SSSI Units - NE; Moorland Line - RPA