e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b 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 2025-11-13T16:19:06 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2021) 2022-06-10 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b 10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b doi: National Plant Monitoring Scheme (2022). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2021). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b This data resource provides plot-level plant occurrence data for the first seven years (2015-2021) of the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (covering the UK, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man). Data consist of individual observations of plants, and other habitat characteristics, at the metre-scale; observations are accompanied by percentage cover information recorded according to the Domin frequency-abundance scale commonly used in plant community ecology. Other information provided includes the plot type (size, shape, according to the NPMS classification), the volunteer-recorded NPMS habitat, the date of sampling, and information regarding the spatial location of the plot. Information contained within the metadata file should allow users to reconstruct the sampling history (including gaps) of any plot that has been sampled within the NPMS scheme between 2015 and 2021. 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. Please be aware that this dataset is updated annually and that more recent versions exist. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b National Plant Monitoring Scheme Unaffiliated support@npms.org.uk pointOfContact National Plant Monitoring Scheme Unaffiliated support@npms.org.uk author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian Natural Environment Research Council gateway@ukri.org owner Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication plant community habitat vegetation environmental monitoring GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Environmental survey Biodiversity National Plant Monitoring Scheme NPMS UK-SCAPE otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Plantlife, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland otherRestrictions The following acknowledgement is required for use of this dataset: The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is organised and funded by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Plantlife and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The NPMS is indebted to all volunteers who contribute data to the scheme. otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: National Plant Monitoring Scheme (2022). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2021). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b textTable 1 English utf8 economy 2015-01-01 2021-12-31 -9.087 1.329 49.086 60.322 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/e742c94f-82a4-43e7-af14-36b131afe81b.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information 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 Data are collected directly from volunteers into a custom Indicia database system (www.indicia.org.uk) through the NPMS website (www.npms.org.uk) or app. The Indicia system is built on a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database, and the data presented here were extracted directly from this master database using appropriate SQL queries. See the associated documentation for more information on the broader Quality Assurance processes supporting the NPMS.