National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland
Citation
Biological Records Centre (2025). National Plant Monitoring Scheme - Northern Ireland. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/67fswq accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-11.Description
The National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS) is a habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by BSBI, CEH, Plantlife and JNCC. The aim is to collect data to provide an annual indication of changes in plant abundance and diversity. This dataset includes NPMS species occurrence data for Northern Ireland; a companion, but separate dataset is supplied for England, Wales, Scotland. See http://www.npms.org.uk for more information. Note that although all records within the NPMS are collected at the sub-10 m scale, the Northern Irish dataset presented here is degraded to 1 km.
Purpose
The aim of the NPMS is to collect data to provide an annual indication of changes in plant abundance and diversity.
Sampling Description
Quality Control
Records are available for verification by regional experts through the iRecord system (records may or may not have supporting photographs). The current verification status of each record is propagated to the Atlas, and updated accordingly.Method steps
- For a full description of the methods used in the NPMS, see the NPMS website (http://www.npms.org.uk) and the technical documents and papers linked therein.
Additional info
Plant occurrence data within this dataset have been degraded to the 1 km squares of the Irish grid.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorNational Plant Monitoring Scheme
metadata author
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Oliver Pescott
administrative point of contact
email: olipes@ceh.ac.uk