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Phase 2 Woodland Survey of Wales

Dataset homepage

Citation

Natural Resources Wales (2025). Phase 2 Woodland Survey of Wales. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y6cy8j accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-20.

Description

This dataset contains detailed Phase 2 survey data from over 800 woodlands of conservation interest in Wales, predominantly Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSls) and pSSSI woodlands. Phase 2 woodland surveys have been carried out periodically since the late 1980s but a concentrated period of survey on SSSI and pSSSI woodland occurred from 1995 and 2000.

Purpose

The purpose of this data capture was to improve the overall knowledge of Welsh woodland communities, to provide consistent community descriptions across the woodland SSSI series as fundamental site-support information and to assess SSSI status of new sites.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Data was collected by trained personnel, digitised by contractors, validated by Countryside Council for Wales' (CCW) Knowledge Management Group, corrections made by contractors, validated again by CCW Knowledge Management Group, corrections made in-house in conjunction with Woodland Ecologist.

Method steps

  1. Standard woodland National Vegetation Classification (NVC) survey methodology was used to collect this data. Woodland communities were identified by eye and mapped, supported by sample quadrats and target notes.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

All Wales.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Natural Resources Wales
metadata author
Natural Resources Wales
distributor
NBN Atlas
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email: nbnadmin@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk
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