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UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitat Descriptions Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land (Updated July 2010) From: UK Biodiversity Action Plan; Priority Habitat Descriptions. BRIG (ed. Ant Maddock) 2008. This document is available from: .uk/5706 For more information about the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) visit .uk/5155 Please note: this document was uploaded in November 2016, and replaces an earlier version, in order to correct a broken web-link. No other changes have been made. The earlier version can be viewed and downloaded from The National Archives: .uk/20150302161254/.uk/5706 Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land Correspondence with existing habitat/s UK BAP broad habitat: Built up areas and gardens. Phase 1: Quarry, Spoil, Mine, Ephemeral/short perennial, Bare Ground. NVC: Overall there is a poor fit to described communities and this weakness is identified in the review of coverage of the NVC communities (Rodwell et al., 2000). Although some components of the habitat are characterised by annual/open vegetation plant communities described in the NVC (Rodwell et al., 2000) others are allied to sclerotic associations better described in continental Europe. Grassland communities associated with this habitat complex include MG1–2, MG9, MG10, MG11, MG13; CG10 (Rodwell et al., 1992); and U1–2, whilst the scrub communities W6 and W23 are also commonly encountered (Rodwell et al., 1991). Complexes and mosaics can also include a range of aquatic plant communities (see Rodwell et al., 1995) and swamp communities (Rodwell et al., 1995). Annex I: None (Calaminarian grasslands are covered by another priority habitat proposal). Other: Poor fit to Shimwell (1983), but includes 3B and artificial-substrate equivalents of 7A The priority habitat is delimited by edaphic and other site conditions, and specific sites are likely to include elements of other priority habitats as minor components of the overall