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Fort William Knotweed

Dataset homepage

Citation

Lochaber Fisheries Trust (2023). Fort William Knotweed. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1f6ysx accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-17.

Description

Results of a knotweed survey within the greater Fort William area

Purpose

Provide overview of the distribution of non-native knotweed in Fort William for the Highland Council and SNH as a first step in potential management activity

Sampling Description

Quality Control

Good confidence that most knotweed plants in the Fort William area were captured during the survey, though areas of private property that could not be viewed from public land may not have been comprehensively surveyed. The data have been checked using the NBN record cleaner

Method steps

  1. Search of all accessible areas within the survey boundary for the presence of knotweed. The species and location of knotweed was recorded by an experienced surveyor using handheld GPS device

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Urban areas of Fort William including Inverlochy, Caol and Corpach. All records provided by 10 figure grid references

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

originator
Lochaber Fisheries Trust
metadata author
Lochaber Fisheries Trust
distributor
NBN Atlas
27 Old Gloucester St, Holborn
London
WC1N 3AX
London
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Diane Baum
administrative point of contact
email: lochaberfisheriestrust@gmail.com
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