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Vegetation plot data from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023

This dataset includes records of plant species and abundance from within a wide range of land use types across Wales, collected as part of the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP) National Field Survey (NFS) between 2021-2023. ERAMMP NFS is a resurvey of all of the 300 locations from the initial Glastir Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (GMEP) monitoring program (300 1km squares) on a rolling annual basis, with the aim to resurvey all sites between 2021 and 2025. Between 2021-2023 ERAMMP National Field Survey resurveyed 225 of those 300 for plant species and abundance. The initial monitoring program, GMEP, was set up by the Welsh Government in 2013 to report national trends and monitor the effects of the Glastir agri-environment scheme on the environment and ran from 2013 to 2016. The field survey element was based on a stratified random sampling design of 300 x 1km square sites across Wales, and was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/59e3be5c-8ac8-45cd-8e98-a69732755dc6

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Date (Publication)
2025-12-18
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/59e3be5c-8ac8-45cd-8e98-a69732755dc6
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/59e3be5c-8ac8-45cd-8e98-a69732755dc6
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Maskell, L.C., Smart, S.M., Brentegani, M., Deacon, A., Emmett, B.A., Fitos, E., Garbutt, A., Lucas, J.R., Monkman, G., Reinsch, S., Richardson-Jones, V., Wallace, H.L., Williams, B., Wood, C.M., Ardeshir, D., Biddle, A., Boffey, C., Cope, S., Forster Brown, C., Fothergill, C., Friend, R., Handley, J., Handley, T., Higgins, A., Scott, H., Shepherd, S., Ward, T., Jan Winder, Jon Winder (2025). Vegetation plot data from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/59e3be5c-8ac8-45cd-8e98-a69732755dc6
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Maskell, L.C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7755
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Smart, S.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2750-7832
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Brentegani, M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9426-7168
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Deacon, A.
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1122-0924
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Emmett, B.A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-4389
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Fitos, E.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Garbutt, A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-9786
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Lucas, J.R.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-0228
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Monkman, G.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5645-1834
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Reinsch, S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-0677
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Richardson-Jones, V.
Author
  Ecological Surveys (Bangor) - Wallace, H.L.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Williams, B.
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8292-4905
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Wood, C.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998
Author
  Unaffiliated - Ardeshir, D.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Biddle, A.
Author
  Penny Anderson - Boffey, C.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Cope, S.
Author
  Agricultural Development Advisory Service (United Kingdom) - Forster Brown, C.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Fothergill, C.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Friend, R.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Handley, J.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Handley, T.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Higgins, A.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Scott, H.
Author
  Agricultural Development Advisory Service (United Kingdom) - Shepherd, S.
Author
  Severn Rivers Trust - Ward, T.
Author
  Unaffiliated - Jan Winder
Author
  Unaffiliated - Jon Winder
Owner
  Welsh Government
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Maskell, L.C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4006-7755
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
  • bryophyte
  • tree
Keywords
  • Biodiversity
  • Environmental survey
  • Wales
  • Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme (ERAMMP)
  • vascular plants
  • agri-environment scheme
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This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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© Crown copyright: Welsh Government licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0
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© Hawlfraint y Goron: Llywodraeth Cymru Mae'r holl gynnwys ar gael dan Drwydded Llywodraeth Agored v3.0
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For the avoidance of doubt, if the publication of the Licensed Data is not within Wales, the Welsh form of the acknowledgement wording is not required.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Maskell, L.C., Smart, S.M., Brentegani, M., Deacon, A., Emmett, B.A., Fitos, E., Garbutt, A., Lucas, J.R., Monkman, G., Reinsch, S., Richardson-Jones, V., Wallace, H.L., Williams, B., Wood, C.M., Ardeshir, D., Biddle, A., Boffey, C., Cope, S., Forster Brown, C., Fothergill, C., Friend, R., Handley, J., Handley, T., Higgins, A., Scott, H., Shepherd, S., Ward, T., Jan Winder, Jon Winder (2025). Vegetation plot data from the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring & Modelling Programme, Wales, 2021-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/59e3be5c-8ac8-45cd-8e98-a69732755dc6
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Distance
10000  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
2021-01-01
End date
2023-12-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Distribution format
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Within each of 225 x 1km sample squares across Wales, a set of vegetation plots of varying sizes were recorded by professional botanists, comprising covers of vascular plants. Data were recorded on electronic recording devices, and then transferred to secure databases at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. To ensure confidentiality of the data with respect to land owners and managers, the locations of 1km squares and survey sites were converted to the centres of the containing 10km Ordnance Survey grid squares.
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59e3be5c-8ac8-45cd-8e98-a69732755dc6 XML
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Date stamp
2026-01-09T12:10:22
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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