The Changing Flora of Glasgow: Orchid Dataset
Glasgow Museums Biological Records Centre
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.
Geographic Description
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.
Data quality
Records vetted by staff at University and BSBI VC recorders. Many critical species verified by appropriate BSBI experts.
Methods
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).
Citation
Glasgow Museums Biological Records Centre ([Insert download year]). The Changing Flora of Glasgow: Orchid Dataset. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas
Rights
CC-BY-NC
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Licence
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