Woodland Recording Cards

Approximately 3,000 recording cards from woodland surveys in Wales. Some are from structured surveys e.g. the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) surveys of woodland Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), whilst others are ad-hoc recording events. The records can include site name, grid references, aspect, slope, altitude, area, species lists, height, cover, age class abundance etc. The purpose of this data capture was to gather compositional and structural information about woodlands; to gain an understanding of their species diversity and conservation importance; to influence site designation and to identify future research and survey needs.

Identifier: NRW_DS110345

Alternative Title

Cardiau Cofnodi Coetiroedd

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: Used JNCC standard woodland recording cards from the 1980's onwards. Earlier records are on a variety of ancestral versions of the standard card.

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 1980-01-01

Topic category

Biota

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Various contractors

See Natural Resources Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Originator

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)

Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Extent

Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

Format Type and Description

Documents ()

Specification

Box files of paper recording cards held with paper maps (some of which have been digitised e.g. NVC surveys-see separate metadata entries)

Data quality

Quality Scope: Dataset

Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation: This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
Degree: false

Lineage: Used JNCC standard woodland recording cards from the 1980's onwards. Earlier records are on a variety of ancestral versions of the standard card.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

woodland (woodlands)
woodland monitoring (woodland surveys)
quadrats

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2023-12-31

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary

records

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Revision): 2013-04-03

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Other constraints: © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313130333435 XML

Metadata Language: English

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2025-03-07T17:03:09.146Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Publishing Body

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Woodland Recording Cards

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Temporal Extent

Extent

Extent

Distribution

Quality

Data quality

Keywords

Keywords

Citation

Keywords

Citation

Keywords

Citation

Spatial Reference System

Content

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Access Constraints Directive

Access Constraints Text

Use Constraints

Metadata

Metadata

Publishing Body