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Plant species composition of a meadow sward exposed to grazing treatments at Somerford Mead, Oxford 1987-2014

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

This dataset includes a description of the flora on Somerford Mead, Oxford for the period 1987 to 2014. During the period 1991 to 2014, a grazing experiment was conducted on the meadow, in which individual plots were either grazed by sheep, grazed by cattle or left ungrazed following the annual hay cut. The data consist of list of all plant species found at sample locations within each plot together with an estimate of abundance. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/691a823c-d1da-4420-837c-3c30ce83818b

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
691a823c-d1da-4420-837c-3c30ce83818b
Extent (Latitude)
51.785° to 51.71°
Extent (Longitude)
-1.338° to -1.221°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2022-08-25
Access constraints
Dr A.W. McDonald should be acknowledged as the main originator of these data in their use and in any further dissemination
Responsible party
(author, pointOfContact, publisher, owner, custodian); Floodplain Meadow Partnership (author, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng