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The Riviera Line through Marsh Barton Roundabout on the Marsh Barton estate. Marsh Barton is the largest trading estate in Exeter, [1] covering over 1.2 square miles (3.1 km 2). It supports over 500 diverse businesses including one of Europe's largest motoring centres, showrooms, city plumbing, builders merchants, and tool and plant hire.
National Plant Hire Guide was first published in 1961 and was quickly established as the leading directory for the UK Plant Hire Industry. Claims to be the most comprehensive guide to hire companies across the UK. The print version of the Guide is published twice a year and is currently on its 109rd edition (Jan 2017).
Ashtead was founded in 1947, in the village of Ashtead, Surrey, as Ashtead Plant and Tool Hire. [5] In 1986, it was first listed on the London Stock Exchange. [5] In September 2018, Ashtead appointed Paul Walker as non-executive chairman of its board. [6] [7]
Equipment rental was first developed in Anglo-Saxon countries. It emerged in the UK after the First World War and has now become a multi-billion euro business providing a wide range of construction and industrial equipment for customers globally.The American Rental Association was founded as early as 1955, [1] and the first waves of consolidation took place in the 1970s in North America ...
Marsh samphire ashes were used to make soap and glass (hence its other old name in English, "glasswort") as it is a source of sodium carbonate, also known as soda ash. [4] In the 14th century glassmakers located their workshops near regions where this plant grew, since it was so closely linked to their trade. Many samphires are edible.
The salt-marsh communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of British Plant Communities, first published in 2000, along with the other maritime communities (those of shingle strandline and sand-dunes and maritime cliffs) and vegetation of open habitats. In total, 28 salt-marsh communities have been identified.
Freshwater marshes are highly productive and therefore can support a large biodiversity of vegetation. Vegetation is a key component in determining the structure of a freshwater marsh. [7] In a freshwater marsh, there are emergent plants, floating plants, floating leaved and submerged. [8] The primary plant in freshwater marshes are emergent ...
It grows in a wide range of salinities, from about 5 psu to marine (32 psu), and has been described as the "single most important marsh plant species in the estuary" of Chesapeake Bay. [5] It is described as intolerant of shade. [6] S. alterniflorus is noted for its capacity to act as an environmental engineer. It grows out into the water at ...