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Vegetation plot data from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2025
This dataset consists of plant species presence and abundance in different sizes of plots recorded from 100 1km squares across Great Britain in 2025, as part of a rolling soil and vegetation monitoring program of 500 1km squares, beginning in 2019 and repeated every 5 years. 2025 represents the second year of a new cycle. The UKCEH Countryside Survey is a unique study or 'audit' of the natural resources of the UK's countryside. The sample sites are chosen from a stratified random sample, based on a 15 by 15 km grid of GB. Surveys have previously been carried out in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1998 and 2007 by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and predecessors, with repeated visits to the majority of squares. The countryside is sampled and surveyed using rigorous scientific methods, allowing us to compare new results with those from previous surveys. In this way, we can detect the gradual and subtle changes that occur in the UK's countryside over time. In addition to vegetation data, soil data are also gathered by the current phase of the Countryside Survey. This research was supported by NERC, through the UKCEH National Capability for UK Challenges Programme NE/Y006208/1 (www.countrysidesurvey.org.uk) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e
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- Date (Publication)
- 2026-01-16
- Date (Creation)
- 2026-01-07
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e
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Maskell, L.C., Andrews, C., Deacon, A., Fitos, E., Fothergill, C., Garbutt, R.A., Gray, A., Hancock, G., Nemeth, K., Pallett, D.W., Patton, J.E., Scarlett, P.D., Smart, S.M., Tipler, A., Vallis-Wilks, M., Wagner, M., Wood, C., Williams, G. (2026). Vegetation plot data from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2025. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e
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- Keywords
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- Biodiversity
- Environmental survey
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Great Britain
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ground flora
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NC-UK
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vascular plants
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- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Maskell, L.C., Andrews, C., Deacon, A., Fitos, E., Fothergill, C., Garbutt, R.A., Gray, A., Hancock, G., Nemeth, K., Pallett, D.W., Patton, J.E., Scarlett, P.D., Smart, S.M., Tipler, A., Vallis-Wilks, M., Wagner, M., Wood, C., Williams, G. (2026). Vegetation plot data from the UKCEH Countryside Survey, Great Britain, 2025. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e
- Spatial representation type
- TIN
- Distance
- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Environment
- Begin date
- 2025-01-01
- End date
- 2025-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Distributor
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e.zip Supporting information
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- Dataset
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dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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The data were recorded using electronic data capture devices in the summers of 2025 by professional, trained surveyors. Data were recorded from 100 x 1km squares sited across Britain, selected by random stratified sample. The survey was managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Standard Countryside Survey methodology was applied (refer to the online documentation).
Metadata
- File identifier
- bf8be82a-a189-4767-9a9a-ebb92d233b8e XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2026-02-12T13:25:21
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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