From: Differences between urban and rural hedges in England revealed by a citizen science project
Question category | Answer variables | Score |
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Hedge structure score—sum of the following seven elements | ||
1. Structure of hedge | Line of bushes | 4 |
Line of trees | 3 | |
Bushes and trees | 5 | |
2. Gaps in hedge | No gaps | 5 |
A few gaps | 3 | |
More gaps than hedge | 1 | |
3. Shape of hedge: average of all that were recorded | Neatly trimmed | 2 |
Untrimmed | 4 | |
Heavily cut | 1 | |
Leggy | 1 | |
Laid or coppiced | 5 | |
4. Other features: sum of all features recorded | Wall | 1 |
Fence | 0 | |
Ditch | 1 | |
Bank | 1 | |
Undisturbed strip | 2 | |
5. Height of hedge | <1 m | 1 |
1–2 m | 3 | |
2–3 m | 5 | |
>3 m | 4 | |
6. Width of hedge | <1 m | 1 |
1–2 m | 3 | |
>2 m | 5 | |
7. Length of hedge | <5 m | 2 |
5–20 m | 3 | |
20–50 m | 4 | |
>50 m | 5 | |
Food for wildlife score—sum of the following two elements | ||
1. Hedge food species: sum of all recorded species. Sum multiplied by 2 if hedge shape recorded as “untrimmed”, or by 1.5 if shape recorded as “neatly trimmed” (providing “untrimmed” was not recorded) | Beech | 1 |
Bramble | 5 | |
Blackthorn | 5 | |
Dog Rose | 5 | |
Elder | 3 | |
Hawthorn | 5 | |
Hazel | 2 | |
Holly | 4 | |
Ivy | 4 | |
Laurel | 1 | |
Privet | 2 | |
Yew | 2 | |
2. Numbers of flowers/berries | <10 | 1 |
10–100 | 4 | |
100–1000 | 7 | |
>1000 | 10 | |
Animal diversity score—sum of the following two elements | ||
1. Numbers of different types (see Table 4) of invertebrate: sum scores for all invertebrate types recorded. | Recorded as present | 2 |
1–2 | 2 | |
3–5 | 2.5 | |
6–10 | 3 | |
11–50 | 3.5 | |
51–500 | 4 | |
>500 | 5 | |
2. Presence of holes | <2 cm | 5 |
2–5 cm | 10 | |
5–10 cm | 15 | |
10–30 cm | 20 | |
>30 cm | 25 |