Vegetation

In 2010, as part of the initiative to review the State of Knowledge on Ireland’s Biological Diversity the National Biodiversity Data Centre produced an inventory of sources of biodiversity data. The inventory was developed by inviting recognised national experts to identify the state of knowledge.

 

Irish vegetation classification system

No complete Irish vegetation classification system.

  • Account of Irish vegetation types: White, J. & Doyle, G., 1982. The vegetation of Ireland: a catalogue raisonnee. Studies on Irish Vegetation (ed. J. White), pp. 289–368. Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Eire.

Number of vegetation classes

Unknown

Primary sources of vegetation data

  • A National Vegetation Database is managed by the National Biodiversity Data Centre. This database contains collated information on 30,000+ relevés from the Republic of Ireland. Information on the national vegetation database including all data sources is available on the website.

National conservation assessment

No

Monitoring or repeat surveys in place

Annex I habitats are monitored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. For some of these habitats this includes sample monitoring of vegetation. Table of primary data sources for non-marine habitats (note this is not an exhaustive list)

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