Leicestershire and Rutland Mature trees Inventory 2011
Citation
Leicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre (2017). Leicestershire and Rutland Mature trees Inventory 2011. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xenqyh accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-24.Description
This dataset replaces Ancient Trees of Leicestershire and Rutland, 2002.It contains records held by LRERC for individual Mature Trees that meet the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Local Wildlife Site criteria. Trees must be over above 3.77m girth at 1.3m above roots for all species except for Ash and Elm, which must be over 3m girth. Trees must also have dead branches, or evidence of heart-rot in the form of visible rot, hollows or bracket fungi.
Girth to the nearest 10cm is included as an additional field of information.
Most of the records in the dataset include an additional field of information with an 8-fig grid reference; the exception to this is trees in private gardens.
Records have been collated from a variety of sources including Local Wildlife Sites, candidate Local Wildlife sites and Phase 1 Habitat Surveys. About one-third of the records are
Sampling Description
Quality Control
This is not a comprehensive dataset.Records received from members of the public have not been verified.
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Leicestershire and Rutland
To 100m resolution, but most records include 8-figure grid references as an additional field of information.
The dataset is not comprehensive.
To 100m resolution, but most records include 8-figure grid references as an additional field of information.
The dataset is not comprehensive.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorLeicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre
County Hall
Glenfield
LE3 8RA
Telephone: 0116 3054108
email: LRERC@leics.gov.uk
homepage: https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/planning-and-ecology
metadata author
Leicestershire and Rutland Environmental Records Centre
County Hall
Glenfield
LE3 8RA
Telephone: 0116 3054108
email: LRERC@leics.gov.uk
homepage: https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/planning-and-ecology
distributor
NBN Atlas
Unit F, 14 - 18 St Mary's Gate, Lace Market
Nottingham
NG1 1PF
Nottinghamshire
GB
email: admin@nbnatlas.org
Kirsty Gamble
administrative point of contact
email: planningecology@leics.gov.uk