• Catchment Management
• Project Background
• Monitoring
• Soil Descriptions
• Vegetation Descriptions
• Topography
• Allt a' Mharcaidh references
• Deposition Chemistry
  • Bulk deposition chemistry
  • Interception deposition chemistry
• Snow
• Vegetation community composition
• Soil characteristics and chemistry
• Ground water chemistry
• Surface water chemistry
• Automatic Weather Station (CEH)
• Current Research Project
• Management of the Reserve

Allt a' Mharcaidh Catchment

Vegetation Descriptions

NVC	DESCRIPTION
H12	Dry Heath
H13	Wind clipped heath
H19	Vaccinium heath
M15	Wet heath
M16	Wet heath
M19	Wet heath
U7	Nardus grasslands
U8	Carex bigelowii grass
U9U1	Racomitrium heaths
W18	Pine forest

The vegetation in the Allt a’ Mharcaidh can be described in relation to three major land form units. At lower altitude, in gently sloping topography, the dominant community is northern blanket bog with a range of associated flush communities. On the catchment walls, the vegetation is that of lichen-rich boreal heather moor; the upper plateau is colonized by alpine azalea heath and fescue-woolly fringe moss heath.