The Changing Flora of Glasgow: Orchid Dataset

doi:10.15468/4bbif3

The Changing Flora of Glasgow: Orchid Dataset

Citation

Glasgow Museums Biological Records Centre (2023). The Changing Flora of Glasgow: Orchid Dataset. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4bbif3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-11.

Description

Records of orchids recorded during the Flora of Glasgow Project (c. 1984 to 1999). Species recorded and mapped at the Tetrad level, within a rectangle of 18x20km (90 tetrads) covering the Greater Glasgow area.

Purpose

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Records vetted by staff at University and BSBI VC recorders. Many critical species verified by appropriate BSBI experts.

Method steps

Field records made by various recorders from Glasgow University (Botany Department) and Glasgow Natural History Society. Old (pre 1980) records extracted from literature or herbarium collections Glasgow University (Herb GL) or Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum (GLAM).

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Greater Glasgow (SW: NS5056 to NE: NS7074) with a few additional records from adjoining squares, if of note. The records were collected with 2km grid references, in some cases sufficient location detail was recorded to permit the assignment of a (100m) site-centroid grid reference.

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Contacts

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Glasgow Museums Biological Records Centre

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Glasgow Museums Biological Records Centre

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Richard Sutcliffe
administrative point of contact
email: richard.sutcliffe@glasgowlife.org.uk