7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:25:50 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Vegetation survey of Moor House National Nature Reserve 2008-2009 2016-11-08 publication 2009-10-23 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b 10.5285/7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b doi: Rose, R.J., Wood, C.M., Baxendale, C.L., Whitfield, M.G., Ostle, N.J., Driscoll, B., Looker, A., Looker, G. (2016). Vegetation survey of Moor House National Nature Reserve 2008-2009. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b The dataset comprises of plant species recorded from plots located within the Moor House National Nature Reserve, with associated plot information such as slope and aspect, also peat depth. The sampling strategy was based on a grid, using 2 x 2 metre square plots. The majority of the plots were recorded in the summers of 2008 and 2009 by surveyors employed by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b Rose, R.J. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Wood, C.M. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-2998 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Baxendale, C.L. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0981-7140 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Whitfield, M.G. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3113-1970 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Ostle, N.J. Lancaster University lec@lancs.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3263-3702 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Driscoll, B. University of Cumbria enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Looker, A. University of Cumbria enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Looker, G. University of Cumbria enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Rose, R. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner notPlanned Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication nature reserve vegetation peat GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Moor House GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Biodiversity Environmental survey Moor House-Upper Teesdale Troutbeck catchment Peat depth National Nature Reserve (NNR) otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Rose, R.J., Wood, C.M., Baxendale, C.L., Whitfield, M.G., Ostle, N.J., Driscoll, B., Looker, A., Looker, G. (2016). Vegetation survey of Moor House National Nature Reserve 2008-2009. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b textTable English utf8 biota environment 2008-05-01 2012-10-31 -2.478 -2.341 54.67 54.709 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/7a7d08e3-48e2-4aad-855b-9d6767b9ae9b Download the data Download a copy of this data download dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 In 2008, it was thought timely to undertake a re-survey of part of the Moor House reserve, as the previous vegetation survey had taken place over 50 years earlier. The re-survey was carried out in June, July and August of 2008, and July and August 2009 (a few additional plots were surveyed in 2012). Time constraints restricted the survey area to the Troutbeck catchment area of the Moor House reserve, an area largely dominated by Calluna vulgaris and Eriophorum vaginatum. As it was not possible to identify the exact locations of the 1960s plots at that time, it was decided that a grid based sampling approach should be used, with plots spaced at 200m intervals (with some plots spaced at 100m intervals). Plots were located using GPS. The size of the plot was 2x2m. At each quadrat point, altitude, slope, aspect, and vegetation height were all measured. The depth of the underlying peat was also measured using an extendable ranging pole. The vegetation cover was recorded using an electronic tablet. Absence/presence of species was recorded, along with the percentage cover of the species within the quadrat to the nearest 5%. Full training was provided for the surveyors, and the resulting species lists have been checked for accuracy.