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HabMoS - Mountain Woodland - Wild Relict Remnant Points

Abstract

Collation of “wild, relict or remnant” mountain woodland point records in Scotland. NatureScot has commissioned this new dataset of mountain woodland locations across Scotland; to be used to inform landscape scale restoration, 30x30 goals, Nature Networks, UK and European Reporting and Area based casework, and training data for habitat mapping. A total of 18,538 point records have been compiled across 24 tree and shrub taxa that feature in mountain woodland habitats in Scotland. From these records, there are a total of 324 that qualify for Annex 1 H4080, and a total of 210 that qualify for Annex 1 H5130. However, some geographical areas have had higher recording effort than others. It is recommended that this new dataset is updated every three years, or annually for the Nationally Rare/Scarce arctic-alpine willows and scrub specialist species. The BSBI DDb will be the primary source of information for updates. This dataset contains the following fields: UID: Unique Identifier TAXON: Latin name, as given in Stace (2019) COMMON_NAME: The common name used in the Scottish context GROUP: Mountain woodland species; classed into the following categories: -1. Arctic-alpine specialist willows: Nationally Rare or Scarce component species of Sub-Arctic Salix scrub/Montane willow scrub (H480). These records cover any altitude -2. Sub-montane willows: Can form a secondary component of Sub-Arctic Salix scrub/Montane willow scrub (H4080), usually at the lower end of the altitudinal range of the habitat. These records are at altitudes ≥ 400m -3. Scrub specialists: Nationally Scarce taxa which feature in upland scrub habitats. These records cover any altitude -4. Secondary montane/sub-montane trees or shrubs: Taxa which feature in lower altitude woodland or scrub habitats, but can grow at sub-montane and montane altitudes. These records are at altitudes ≥ 400m -5. Juniper: A key component of H5130 habitat. These records are at altitudes ≥ 400m, so only apply to the habitat where it is found in the uplands -6. Mountain broadleaves: Occurrences of Birch or Rowan at higher altitudes. These records are at altitudes ≥ 600m -7. Treeline scrub: Records retained from the OMSD (Original Montane Scrub Database) RECORDER: Person(s) who made the record (if known) PLACENAME: Named location of the record EASTING: 6-figure British National Grid Easting, including the 100km x 100km prefix NORTHING: 6-figure British National Grid Northing, including the 100km x 100km prefix PRECISION: Record precision (1km, 100m, 10m or 1m) DATE: When the record was made HABITAT_DIRECTIVE_H4080: Annex 1 Habitat assigned to either “H4080” or “Potential H4080” using the definitions in Table 1 (if applicable) HABITAT_DIRECTIVE_H5130: Annex 1 Habitat assigned to either “H5130” or “Potential H5130” using the definitions in Table 2 (if applicable) COMMENTS: Further notes about the record, if given by the recorder(s) ADUNDANCE: Notes on the abundance of plants, if given by the recorder(s) SOURCE: Where the record was obtained from URL: Link to the record on the BSBI DDb (if applicable)

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dataset

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https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/habitatsandspecies/wfs?request=GetCapabilities&service=wfs

protocol: OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities

description: habitatsandspecies:habmosmw2023wrr

https://ogc.nature.scot/geoserver/habitatsandspecies/wms?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

protocol: OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-capabilities

description: habmosmw2023wrr

https://gis-downloads.nature.scot/HABMOS-MW2023-WRR_SCOTLAND_SHP_27700.zip