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Bee nectar plant diversity of Great Britain

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21 January 2026
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Summary

This dataset models bee nectar plant richness across Great Britain (GB). It uses counts of bee nectar plants (using a list agreed with experts) in Countryside Survey area vegetation plots in 2007 and extrapolates to 1km squares across GB using a generalised additive mixed model. Co-variables used in the model are Broad Habitat (the dominant broad habitat of the 1km square), air temperature, nitrogen deposition, precipitation and altitude. This data provides a metric of the Natural Capital associated with pollination, although to measure the service itself you would require additional datasets. Understanding the distribution of bee nectar plants does provide valuable information on the potential distribution of pollinators and hence pollination. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5

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2026-01-09
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© Natural England
Harvest GUID
623a38dd-66e8-42e2-b49f-65a15d63beb5
Extent
Latitude: 60.861° to °
Longitude: -8.648° to 1.768°
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2016-03-22 (publication)
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eng
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