4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-303436313630 eng dataset Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk pointOfContact 2023-08-09 Gemini 2.2 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::BNG OGP Phase 2 Lowland Grassland Survey of Wales Phase II Lowland Grassland Survey of Wales Arolwg Glaswelltiroedd Iseldirol Cymru Cam 2 PH2 Lowland Grassland mospolys 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland notes line 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland notes point 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland notes polygon 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland notes text 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland photos 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland quadrats 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland sites 2020.lyr PH2 Lowland Grassland veg 2020.lyr 2023-08-03 publication 2004-12-31 revision 46160 https://naturalresources.wales This project comprised of a detailed survey of plant communities in semi-natural lowland grassland vegetation across Wales. The purpose of this data capture was to characterise the semi-natural lowland grassland vegetation of Wales and to provide a systematic conservation assessment of the sites surveyed. The survey locations and sites vary in size and complexity from small uniform hay-meadows of less than 1 ha, to extensive wet-dry pasture systems covering over 100 ha. The datasets which were produced from this project have been extensively validated and verified. However, the main limitation of these datasets is their age. Habitat composition may change over time due to successional trends, agricultural treatments or even planned developments, which means that there is no guarantee that the information within these datasets is still representative on the ground today. However they do provide an important long-term catalogue of data which can be used to monitor changes to the grassland environments overtime. The dataset contributes to JNCC's UK Lowland Grassland Database, held by the Lowland Grassland Lead Co-ordination Network at EN in Peterborough. The original Phase 2 Grassland Survey datasets (1987 – 2004) have now been put into a folder called Archive and the whole dataset has been updated with new and re-mapped sites. These now have the suffix 2020, and cover a time period 1989 – 2018. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk owner Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) 0300 065 3000 Countryside Council for Wales Maes y Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk originator notPlanned Documents Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2023-08-10 publication Nature conservation Biodiversity Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) 2023-08-10 publication © CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Attribution Statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right otherRestrictions There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. eng biota environment ISO3166 Countries 2023-08-10 publication Wales (WLS) -5.77774100 -2.60886500 51.24082900 53.51306700 1987-04-01 2023-06-14 This dataset is compiled of numerous GIS layers, images and species dataset all detailed below in the contains field. This dataset is one of a series of major Phase 2 lowland habitat surveys including Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) in house and commissioned surveys covering peatland, heathland, woodland and saltmarsh. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) 0300 065 3000 Maes-y-Ffynnon LL57 2DW enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk distributor https://datamap.gov.wales/layergroups/geonode:nrw_phase_2_grassland View and Download https://datamap.gov.wales/capabilities/layergroup/3600/?access_token=i61nd1X0RwdwAgQrGW0sqAsWxBMiwx&ows_service=wms Web Service dataset The sites identified for survey were identified mainly from the Phase 1 Habitat Survey. The areas surveyed included all forms of semi-natural neutral, acidic and calcareous grassland in lowland Wales, as well as wetter Molinia (purple-moor grass) and Juncus (rush) pasture communities and associated soligenous mires. Community definition follows the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). At each site, homogeneous stands of vegetation were identified, sampled with 2 x 2 m quadrats and mapped onto Ordnance Survey base maps or aerial photographs at a 1:5000 scale.