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HabMoS - Mountain Woodland - Wild Relict Remnant Points
Collation of “wild, relict or remnant” mountain woodland point records in Scotland. NatureScot has commissioned this new dataset of mountain woodland locations across Scotland; to be used to inform landscape scale restoration, 30x30 goals, Nature Networks, UK and European Reporting and Area based casework, and training data for habitat mapping.
A total of 18,538 point records have been compiled across 24 tree and shrub taxa that feature in mountain woodland habitats in Scotland. From these records, there are a total of 324 that qualify for Annex 1 H4080, and a total of 210 that qualify for Annex 1 H5130. However, some geographical areas have had higher recording effort than others. It is recommended that this new dataset is updated every three years, or annually for the Nationally Rare/Scarce arctic-alpine willows and scrub specialist species. The BSBI DDb will be the primary source of information for updates.
This dataset contains the following fields:
UID: Unique Identifier
TAXON: Latin name, as given in Stace (2019)
COMMON_NAME: The common name used in the Scottish context
GROUP: Mountain woodland species; classed into the following categories:
-1. Arctic-alpine specialist willows: Nationally Rare or Scarce component species of Sub-Arctic Salix scrub/Montane willow scrub (H480). These records cover any altitude
-2. Sub-montane willows: Can form a secondary component of Sub-Arctic Salix scrub/Montane willow scrub (H4080), usually at the lower end of the altitudinal range of the habitat. These records are at altitudes ≥ 400m
-3. Scrub specialists: Nationally Scarce taxa which feature in upland scrub habitats. These records cover any altitude
-4. Secondary montane/sub-montane trees or shrubs: Taxa which feature in lower altitude woodland or scrub habitats, but can grow at sub-montane and montane altitudes. These records are at altitudes ≥ 400m
-5. Juniper: A key component of H5130 habitat. These records are at altitudes ≥ 400m, so only apply to the habitat where it is found in the uplands
-6. Mountain broadleaves: Occurrences of Birch or Rowan at higher altitudes. These records are at altitudes ≥ 600m
-7. Treeline scrub: Records retained from the OMSD (Original Montane Scrub Database)
RECORDER: Person(s) who made the record (if known)
PLACENAME: Named location of the record
EASTING: 6-figure British National Grid Easting, including the 100km x 100km prefix
NORTHING: 6-figure British National Grid Northing, including the 100km x 100km prefix
PRECISION: Record precision (1km, 100m, 10m or 1m)
DATE: When the record was made
HABITAT_DIRECTIVE_H4080: Annex 1 Habitat assigned to either “H4080” or “Potential H4080” using the definitions in Table 1 (if applicable)
HABITAT_DIRECTIVE_H5130: Annex 1 Habitat assigned to either “H5130” or “Potential H5130” using the definitions in Table 2 (if applicable)
COMMENTS: Further notes about the record, if given by the recorder(s)
ADUNDANCE: Notes on the abundance of plants, if given by the recorder(s)
SOURCE: Where the record was obtained from
URL: Link to the record on the BSBI DDb (if applicable)
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2023-03-31
- Identifier
- HABMOS-MW2023-WRR
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Credit
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© NatureScot (Scottish Natural Heritage), licensed under the Open Government Licence.
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Habitats and biotopes
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No use limitations. Available under the Open Government Licence ( https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/)
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- no limitations to public access
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Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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Must use the following attribution statement:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
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Must use the following attribution statement:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / 27700 / 6.3(3.0.1)
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Explanation
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This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Degree
- true
- Statement
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Criteria for including records:
1. At any altitude:
- Nationally Rare or Scarce arctic-alpine willows and scrub specialists (Salix lanata, Salix lapponum, Salix myrsinites, Salix arbuscula, Salix reticulata, Salix caprea subsp. sphacelata, Sorbus rupicola, Betula nana)
- Records listed as “Treeline scrub” in the Original Montane Scrub Dataset (OMSD)
2. At ≥ 400m altitude:
- Sub-montane willows (Salix phylicifolia, Salix myrsinifolia)
- Secondary montane/sub-montane trees or shrubs (Populus tremula, Corylus avellana, Prunus padus, Prunus avium, Pinus sylvestris, Salix repens, Salix aurita, Salix cinerea, Salix caprea)
- Juniperus communis
3. At ≥ 600m altitude:
- Mountain broadleaves (Sorbus aucuparia, Betula pubescens, Betula pendula)
4. Date is post-1950 (i.e. remove historical/out-of-date records)
5. Precision is at 1km or better (but remove any 1km records where more precise records also exist for that square; unless assigned an Annex 1 code in the OMSD)
6. Remove any planting/deliberate introductions that are not part of habitat restoration work (e.g. garden/roadside planting)
7. Remove records of Salix herbacea and “Coastal scrub” from the OMSD
Sources of information:
- BSBI DDb (Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, 2023)
- Original Montane Scrub Dataset (OMSD)
- National Trust for Scotland
- Corrour Estate
- Woolly Willow Steering Group Archive
- Trees for Life
- RSPB Abernethy
- Coignafearn Estate
- Sarah Watts personal records
- Diana Gilbert personal records
Workflow:
1. Download records from BSBI DDB (and filter duplicates)
2. Cross reference and integrate with the OMSD
3. Gather and integrate additional records from external organisations
4. Remove any 1km precision records where more precise records also exist within that particular 1km square
5. Visual checking and verification of record distribution in QGIS using 1:50,000 OS backdrop mapping obtained from Digimap
6. Assign Annex 1 codes using previously determined criteria
Metadata
- File identifier
- 3c165034-238b-4d01-94b3-79802c874e98 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-10-16T11:51:15
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Individual name
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GIG Data Supply
- Organisation name
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NatureScot
- Electronic mail address
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data_supply@nature.scot supply@nature.sco data_supply@nature.scot
- Role
- Point of contact