Topic - Great Britain
massively altered the flora of Britain and only tiny remains of these forests remain
today. Although 10 per cent of Britain is still forested, most of this area consists of
commercially planted, fast-growing forests in Wales and northeastern Scotland. Before
they were affected by centuries of clearing and human use, the great oak forests
spread over the best soils in Britain. Forests were unable to establish themselves in
the poorer soils of the mountains, wetlands, heath, and moorlands. The plants
common to these areas are heather, gorse (astelhernes), peat moss (sammal), rowan
(pihlakas) and bilberry (mustikas). These regions have been altered by heavy grazing
of livestock and by controlled burning. Some wetland areas have been subjected to
massive draining efforts for hundreds of years and are now covered by towns and
farmland.
8. Agriculture, natural resources
The open fields with their tiny strips of land worked by farmers were quickly replaced
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