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Habitat, vegetation, tree and soil data from Native Pinewoods in Scotland, 2018-2022

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
4 September 2026
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Summary

A set of data arising from a detailed ecological re-survey of the native Scots Pine woodland habitats within Scotland. In all, 27 woods from throughout Scotland were identified as the major remaining native pinewoods, and within each wood sixteen randomly selected 200m2 plots were surveyed between 2018 and 2022. Details about the trees, ground flora, soil, habitat types as well as general plot information were collected for each plot using standardized procedures and coding systems. The survey was a repeat of an identical survey carried out in 1971, and thus allows an assessment of change in the woodlands since that time. The survey was funded by a consortium led by the Woodland Trust, and carried out by staff employed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/5e268e86-4a4f-4112-bf2d-c3b0179c915c

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
02 September 2026
Harvest GUID
5e268e86-4a4f-4112-bf2d-c3b0179c915c
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 54.634°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to -0.728°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2023-11-30
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Smart, S.M., Wood, C.M., Seaton, F.M., McMullen, A., Ward, S.E., Ward, R., Routledge, G., Massey, K., Everard, A., Ross, L., Benskin, C.M.H., Dodd, B.A. (2023). Habitat, vegetation, tree and soil data from Native Pinewoods in Scotland, 2018-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/5e268e86-4a4f-4112-bf2d-c3b0179c915c
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Botanaeco (author); Sward Ecology Ltd (author); Alba Ecology (author); University of Aberdeen (author); Lancaster University (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng