BGS Hosted Metadata
National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2023)
This data resource provides plot-level plant occurrence data for the first nine years (2015-2023) 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 2023. 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. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-07-11
- Date (Creation)
- 2024-05-07
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21
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National Plant Monitoring Scheme (2024). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2023). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Unaffiliated
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
Author Unaffiliated
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Owner Joint Nature Conservation Committee EMAIL NOT PROVIDED
Owner Plantlife
Owner Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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- Environmental survey
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National Plant Monitoring Scheme
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NMPS
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UK-SCAPE
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© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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© Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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© Plantlife
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© Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland
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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.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: National Plant Monitoring Scheme (2024). National Plant Monitoring Scheme survey data (2015-2023). NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
- Distance
- 1 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Economy
- Begin date
- 2015-01-01
- End date
- 2023-12-31
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- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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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/eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
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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
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Data are collected directly from volunteers into a custom Indicia database system (www.indicia.org.uk) through the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (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.
Metadata
- File identifier
- eb135726-9039-441c-8335-1aab5f6dda21 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:21:21
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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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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