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A-LevelBiologyBiodiversity and conservationMay/June 2017Paper 4 Q811 Marks

An investigation was carried out in a temperate woodland that contained a number of areas with two different types of ground cover vegetation. • On higher ground where the soil was drier, the dominant ground cover plant was bracken, Pteridium aquilinum. • On lower ground where the soil was wetter, the dominant ground cover plant was bramble, Rubus fruticosus.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Biology (9700) May/June 2017 examination, Paper 4 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Biodiversity and conservation and is worth 11 marks.

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