33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e 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 2025-11-13T16:12:51 UK GEMINI 2.3 OSGB 1936 / British National Grid Vascular plant survey and questionnaire data evaluating the e-Surveyor mobile application across calcareous, neutral and improved grassland habitats, UK, 2024 2025-09-30 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e 10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e doi: Ridding, L., McCracken, M., Orsler, Z., Upcott, E., Mitschunas, N., Kazlauskis, K., Marshall, Z., Skinner, G., Smart, S., Harrower, C., Pescott, O., Pywell, R., August, T. (2025). Vascular plant survey and questionnaire data evaluating the e-Surveyor mobile application across calcareous, neutral and improved grassland habitats, UK, 2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e [This dataset is embargoed until October 31, 2026]. This dataset contains vascular plant data recorded from 25 m2 plots in calcareous, neutral or improved grassland habitats and associated questionnaire data on the functionality of the e-Surveyor mobile application used to capture the data. All data were recorded at workshops in Central and Southern England, during June-August 2024. The 51 surveys were recorded by 37 different volunteer participants using the habitat survey function within e-Surveyor and by 2-3 professional expert botanists that worked independently to collect a full plant inventory list. The dataset also contains questionnaire data about participant's experience using the application, which was collected at each workshop directly after the plant survey. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e Ridding, L. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk pointOfContact Ridding, L. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3141-8795 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 McCracken, M. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Orsler, Z. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Upcott, E. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Mitschunas, N. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Kazlauskis, K. Flumens karolis@flumens.io author Marshall, Z. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Skinner, G. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Smart, S. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Harrower, C. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pescott, O. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pywell, R. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author August, T. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology enquiries@ceh.ac.uk owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Habitats and Biotopes theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication botany habitat citizen science flowering plant GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Biodiversity otherRestrictions Embargoed otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Ridding, L., McCracken, M., Orsler, Z., Upcott, E., Mitschunas, N., Kazlauskis, K., Marshall, Z., Skinner, G., Smart, S., Harrower, C., Pescott, O., Pywell, R., August, T. (2025). Vascular plant survey and questionnaire data evaluating the e-Surveyor mobile application across calcareous, neutral and improved grassland habitats, UK, 2024. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/33caba6a-6547-4740-9cd5-aa787b7c418e textTable 1 English utf8 biota 2024-06-01 2024-08-31 -2.461 -0.462 50.771 52.61 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor 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 The data was collected at seven field workshops, with different citizen science groups ranging from 4-10 participants in size. Participants were those with an interest in biological recording, wildlife applications or were members of a practical conservation group. At each workshop, participants were introduced to the e-Surveyor application (https://esurveyor.ceh.ac.uk/) before being asked to undertake a "Record a habitat" survey. Each participant recorded their own 25 m2 plot independently, though a small number of plots were recorded by two participants. Each plot recorded by a participant was also surveyed by 2-3 professional expert botanists that worked independently to ensure an accurate full inventory list was collated. Experts recorded a simple abundance using the DAFOR scale (Dominant, Abundant, Frequent, Occasional or Rare) for each vascular plant present, and recorded whether it was flowering. To understand more about the participants' experience of using the application and potential future uses, we created a paper-based questionnaire which was given to participants after completing their 25 m2 survey at the workshop. Paper data sheets were digitised into Excel and were checked for any anomalies.