The Study of Sayers Croft
Introduction
Sayers Croft was built in 1931 as a National camp, however when WWII
broke out it served as a make shift relocation centre. At this place,
it was soon discovered to be saturated with different plant life. The
educational possibility of this site was soon acknowledged and after
the stabilization of the country, the area became an education centre
for children. Thus, Sayers Croft was born; a place where children can
take a hand on approach on learning about ecology and the importance
of conservation
Sayers Croft is located at Ewhurst, Surrey. It is the largest site of
the Northern Temperate Deciduous Woodland in Great Britain. It is
situated in the basin in-between two heaths of sand; this area is of
weald clay. It contains, Oak with Ash and Maple woodland and comprises
the ancient natural woodland. Sayers Croft’s Climate is called the
Western North Atlantic Climate, which is a wet hewed environment.
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Biotic and abiotic factors; which would have an affect on the species
richness
1) Biotic factors;
a) Competition- greater competition usually leads to a reduction in
species richness; however this depends on which species richness is
able to adapt and change the quickest. At first different species
would start to develop this will occur until all the space is being
used, however if different species do meet before this they will start
to compete, however for generalization purposes lets say the plants
would meet and start to compete after all the space is used up, the
species of plant which is able to change and adapt the quickest will
flourish and eliminate its competition, this may be by growing larger
(taking more light space) or internally killing the plant by releasing
chemicals into the soil or even having adaptations to the roots
increasing both water and nutrient uptake e.g. marram grass contains
rizopus pack within its roots, which contains bacteriods which fix
nitrogen, hence the plant is able too flourish in nitrogen deficient
The Kimmeridge Clay Formation is the penultimate formation of the onshore British Jurrasic Succession. William Smith was the first to document this distinct formation on his map of 1815, and to name as the Oaktree Soil. In 1817, he gave the name Oaktree Clay for the layers of clay between the “Portland Rock” and “Coral Rag and Pisolite” but in 1816 Webster was the first to describe in details the formation and changed to the name now known as kimmeridge Clay Formation after the English village of Kimmeridge on Dorset’s “Jurassic Coast” a place frequently visited by fossil hunters. (Cox and Gallois, 1981).
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Countee Cullen was possibly born on May 30, although because of different accounts of the actual date in his early life, a general application of the year of his birth as 1903 is reasonable. He was either born in New York, Baltimore, or Lexington, Kentucky. Although his late wife was convinced that he was born in Lexington. Cullen was possibly abandoned by his mother, and raised by a woman named Mrs. Porter. Mrs. Porter was thought to be his paternal grandmother.
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The next topic for discussion in this paper is ecology. This will include, preferred habitats and interactions with abiotic and biotic elements of the environment.
Catherine Moore was born on October 22, 1752 and grew up with 10 siblings. She lived with her family in Piedmont, South Carolina until she married Andrew Barry at age 15. During the Revolution, she was an important part of warning people of the British attack during the battle of Cowpens in 1781. Her extensive knowledge of the area helped her navigate quickly through the Indian Trails to notify the colonial military forces of the approaching army. With that knowledge, both she and the general set a trap for the British army. After the trap was a success, General Cornwallis of the British army retreated right into the hands of George Washington in Yorktown, Virginia. Catherine was soon named the heroine of Cowpens.
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...Buschmann, H., 2007. Nitrogen Enrichment and Plant Invasions: the Importance of Nitrogen-Fixing Plants and Anthropogenic Eutrophication. In Biological Invasions. pp. 163-180.