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Broadleaved woodland survey of Great Britain, 2020-2022

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
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Summary

These data are a 2020-22 repeat of a survey undertaken in 1971, and again between 2000 and 2003, when 103 broadleaved woodlands were surveyed across Britain. Ecological information was recorded at the site level and in more detail from sixteen, 200 m-2 sample plots located at random within each site. Data were collected on plant species composition of the canopy and ground flora, soil pH and Soil Organic Matter, habitat management and a wide range of other plot and site-level descriptors. This edition of the survey, comprising a re-visit to 97 sites, was funded by a consortium led by the Woodland Trust, and carried out by professional ecologists managed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Users of the dataset should consult the supporting documentation for further information on field methods and analytical results. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/42c203c8-44de-40e2-a694-b1e8cbd4c8e1

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Supporting information ZIP 30/7/2026
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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
24 July 2026
Harvest GUID
42c203c8-44de-40e2-a694-b1e8cbd4c8e1
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2024-01-11
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., O'Reilly, J., Ruffino, L., Losse, P., Stroh, P., Pilkington, S., Saunders, L., Wallace, H.L., O'Rourke, C., Long, C.E., Potter, R., Maskell, L.C., Sier, A.R.J., Norton, L.R., Dodds, G., Caine, A., Benskin, C.M.H., Dodd, B.A., Vallis-Wilks, M. (2024). Broadleaved woodland survey of Great Britain, 2020-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/42c203c8-44de-40e2-a694-b1e8cbd4c8e1
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Botanaeco (author); Sward Ecology Ltd (author); PTYXIS (author); Enfys Ecology (author); Salix Ecology (author); Vegetation Survey & Assessment (author); Lewis Saunders Ecology (author); Ecological Surveys (Bangor) Ltd (author); George Dodds & Co. (author); Lancaster University (author); XSG Ltd (author)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng