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Habitat and vegetation data from an ecological survey of terrestrial key habitats in England, 1992-1993

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
4 September 2026
Topic
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Summary

This dataset comprises linear and areal habitat information and vegetation species recorded during an ecological survey of stratified random 1km square sites across England in 1992 and 1993. The survey was carried out by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (which later became part of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH)) and was commissioned in order to carry out survey work into habitats which were perceived to be under threat or which represented areas of concern to the Department for the Environment (named as 'Key Habitats'). The habitats (or landscape types) in question were: Lowland heaths, chalk and limestone grasslands, coasts and uplands. The survey was designed to complement CEH's national ecological survey, the 'Countryside Survey'. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/7aefe6aa-0760-4b6d-9473-fad8b960abd4

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
02 September 2026
Harvest GUID
7aefe6aa-0760-4b6d-9473-fad8b960abd4
Extent (Latitude)
55.812° to 49.864°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.452° to 1.768°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2017-08-01
Dataset reference date (creation)
1993-11-26
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
© UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Responsible party
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (author); (author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng