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Park Grass - LTSE

Location:
United Kingdom
Latitude: 51.816667
Longitude: -0.350000
Background
Continent: 
Europe
Website: 
http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/Research/ParkGrass.html
Year LTSE Began: 
1856
On-going or Terminated?: 
On-going
Comments: 
archive - Some botanical separations of the grasses, legumes and herbs have been made at various times. Some, but not all of these separated samples have been archived. solid - pH. Heavy metals on selected treatments (in crop & soil).
Environment
Ecoregion: 
Cool Temperate
Slope (%): 
0-2%
Geological material: 
"Permanent grassland; Ist cut made into hay, 2nd cut carted green since 1870's, previously grazed."
Soil Classification
soilorder: 
Alfisol
Soil taxa (ex, Great Group of Soil Taxonomy): 
Silty clay loam over Clay-with-flints. Stagnogleyic paleoargillic brown earth, Batcombe Series (intergrading to Hook) (SSEW 1980,1984). Aquic Paleudalf (USDA, Soil Survey Staff 1992). Chromic Luvisol (or Alisol) (FAO 1990).