Fort William Knotweed
Citation
Lochaber Fisheries Trust (2023). Fort William Knotweed. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/1f6ysx accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-20.Description
Results of a knotweed survey within the greater Fort William areaPurpose
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 activitySampling 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 cleanerMethod steps
- 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
originatorLochaber Fisheries Trust
Torlundy Training Centre
Torlundy
PH33 6SW
Fort William
Telephone: 01397 703728
email: info@lochaberfish.org.uk
homepage: http://www.lochaberfish.org.uk/
metadata author
Lochaber Fisheries Trust
Torlundy Training Centre
Torlundy
PH33 6SW
Fort William
Telephone: 01397 703728
email: info@lochaberfish.org.uk
homepage: http://www.lochaberfish.org.uk/
distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Diane Baum
administrative point of contact
email: lochaberfisheriestrust@gmail.com