Forest Reproductive Material Sites

Forest Reproductive Material (FRM) is the generic name for the seeds, cones, cuttings and planting stock used in forest establishment. The 46 tree species and the genus Populus (including aspen, black poplar and grey poplar) covered by the Regulations are known as the “controlled species”. The Forest Reproductive Material (Great Britain) Regulations 2002 regulate the marketing of FRM. These Regulations came into force on 1st January 2003 and implement EC Directive 1999/105. The Forestry Commission is the Official Body that is

responsible for the FRM Regulations in England, Scotland and Wales.

The Forestry Commission maintains the National Register of Approved Basic Material for Great Britain (The National Register). Each entry of basic material (or unit of approval) in the National Register is given a unique register reference that encodes:

Species name

Type of basic material

Category of reproductive material to be produced

Region of provenance

Native seed zone (where appropriate)

Altitude zone (if the species is native to GB)

Origin (that part of the species’ natural range from which the material

derives).

The attributes of each polygon in this dataset are restricted to the National Register Identification Number (NRID), a national grid reference (NGR), a Basic Material 'category' symbol and the land area, in hectares. All other details mentioned above are available in the National Register.

Basic Material is the plant material from which the Forest Reproductive Material (FRM) is derived and includes seed stands, seed orchards, parent material held by tree breeders in archives, individual clones and mixtures of clones. There are six types of basic material:

Seed sources:

This covers all material from a single tree to any collection of trees within a region of provenance or seed zone.

Stands:

Specifically identified areas or groups of trees with identified boundaries .

Seed orchards:

Sources based upon known individuals derived from tree breeding.

Parents of families:

Sources based upon known individuals derived from tree breeding.

Clones:

Individually identified trees from which the FRM will be produced through vegetative propagation .

Clonal mixtures:

Individually identified trees from which the FRM will be produced through vegetative propagation.

Forest Reproductive Material (FRM) is cones, fruits and seeds, all parts of plants obtained by vegetative propagation, including embryos and plants produced from any of these. Normally, only FRM that comes from registered basic material can be marketed. There are four categories of reproductive material according to the basic material from which it is collected and these are recorded in this dataset:

Source identified FRM (symbol SI):

Comes from general or specific locations within a single region of provenance or seed zone altitude band in which no specific superior qualities are recognised.

Selected FRM (symbol SE):

Collected from stands showing superior characteristics, e.g. better form, growth rate and health.

Qualified FRM (symbol QU):

Derived from the selection of superior individual trees which have not undergone any form of testing.

Tested FRM (symbol TE):

Derived from the selection of individual trees or stands that have undergone evaluation for genetic quality or have been shown to be superior, in comparison to accepted standards.

 
Citation proposal
. Forest Reproductive Material Sites. Forest Research https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/CFA88B77-1667-48BB-8235-59E8461A6726

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Alternate title
FCPRODUCT.GB_FRM_2017
Date ( Creation )
2006-08-14
Date ( Revision )
2017-08-08
Identifier
FCPRODUCT.GB_FRM_2017
Presentation form
mapDigital Digital map

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asNeeded As needed
Keywords
  • Forest Management , Planning , Environment , Felling , Landscape , Woodland , Ownership
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Land use
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
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No limitations on public access
Use limitation
Please ensure that the following acknowledgement is displayed on any hard copy: Reproduced by Permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database right [year]. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100021242.
Spatial representation type
vector Vector
Denominator
10000
Metadata language
eng English
Topic category
  • Farming
  • Biota
  • Economy
  • Environment
Geographic identifier
GB-SCT

 

Date ( Publication )
2007-12-13

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Reference system identifier
EPSG / OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700) / 7.9
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (1.0 )

  • WMS (1.3.0 )

OnLine resource
Forestry Commission Data Download  

Data download site

OnLine resource
ArcGIS Online  
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement

Information, in paper form, was obtained for each site from FRM staff at Northern Research Station, Bush. The maps supplies were all A4 size and at various scales, depending on the size of the site.

The spatial element of this dataset has been digitised by Mapping & Geographic Information Unit (MGIU) staff in Dumfries, using ESRI ArcGIS 9 software. It has been digitised against the OS Mastermap backdrop.

Sourced from Spatial Data repository FC.GB_FRM_STANDS feature class

Metadata

File identifier
CFA88B77-1667-48BB-8235-59E8461A6726   XML
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2017-09-20
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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