Bryophyte data for Great Britain and Ireland from the British Bryological Society held by BRC

doi:10.15468/5cxsnk

Bryophyte data for Great Britain and Ireland from the British Bryological Society held by BRC

Citation

British Bryological Society (2024). Bryophyte data for Great Britain and Ireland from the British Bryological Society held by BRC. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5cxsnk accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-08.

Description

Bryophyte records submitted to the Biological Records Centre for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The dataset comprises records collected for the Bryophyte Recording Scheme, as well as those extracted from literature and museum sources. Details of all the surveys in this dataset can be obtained by clicking the 'Surveys' tab. This 'Atlas' dataset contains all of the records presented in Blockeel et al. (2014) Atlas of British and Irish Bryophytes, with the exception of two datasets (one from Cofnod [North Wales Environmental Information Centre] and one from CEDaR [Centre for Environmental Data and Recording, Northern Ireland]) which the BBS were not given permission to export to the NBN. This dataset also now includes all additional data received by the BBS between 2014 and 2022.

Purpose

For county floras, national atlas production and inclusion in BRC database.

Sampling Description

Quality Control

The data were validated against known vice-county distributions of the species, and (for critical species) by expert examination of specimens. Data are typically also reviewed by the Regional Recorders of the BBS.

Method steps

Mainly from record cards, which were typed up at the Biological Records Centre. More recent data (since 2000) have mostly been sent electronically. This is discussed in more detail in the Atlas of Bryophytes (2014), vol. 1, pp. 2-11.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
British Bryological Society

metadata author
British Bryological Society

distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org

Oliver Pescott
administrative point of contact
position: editor
email: olipes@ceh.ac.uk