Plant indicator species for JNCC Common Standards habitat monitoring, UK

Download data Supporting docs Cite this dataset

PLEASE NOTE:

By accessing or using this dataset, you agree to the terms of the relevant licence agreement(s). You will ensure that this dataset is cited in any publication that describes research in which the data have been used.

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Download the data

https://doi.org/10.5285/2c433c5b-8d15-49a7-aae7-b1f027d17e0e

Dataset contains lists of plant indicator species extracted from the JNCC Common Standards habitat monitoring guidance for the UK. The Common Standards Monitoring (CSM) approach was developed in order to standardise the monitoring of designated nature conservation sites. As well as extracting (and sometimes interpreting) the plant species noted in the CSM guidance documents, we provide links to CSM habitats, National Vegetation Classification communities, National Plant Monitoring Scheme (https://www.npms.org.uk) indicator species, and provide current taxonomic names in a lookup table.

This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.

Publication date: 2022-05-04

64 downloads *

1,244 views *

More information

View numbers valid from 01 June 2023 Download numbers valid from 20 June 2024 (information prior to this was not collected)

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area

Spatial representation type

Tabular (text)

Spatial reference system

OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Provenance & quality

Data were extracted from existing JNCC documentation by Kevin Walker. These were subjected to checks from habitat experts during the developing of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (see e.g. Pescott et al. 2019; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215891). Species names were validated through automated look-ups to the BSBI database, following by manual checking, the results of which are included in this deposit.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:

Walker, K.J.; Pescott, O.L. (2022). Plant indicator species for JNCC Common Standards habitat monitoring, UK. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/2c433c5b-8d15-49a7-aae7-b1f027d17e0e

BibTeX RIS

Supplemental information

National Plant Monitoring Scheme

https://www.npms.org.uk/

Pescott OL, Walker KJ, Harris F, New H, Cheffings CM, Newton N, et al. (2019) The design, launch and assessment of a new volunteer-based plant monitoring scheme for the United Kingdom. PLoS ONE 14(4): e0215891.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215891