Dataset Details - BSBI tetrad data for Ireland
Summary tetrad (2x2km) plant data for Ireland supplied by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland.
28/06/2011
30/11/2021
The BSBI maintain a network of vice county recorders who submit verified data on plants within their vice county to the BSBI database. This Dataset contains summary data collected at the tetrad level for Ireland.
Summary of field observations
Island of Ireland
Data was collected within the following date classes: DC0 = <1929; DC1 = 1930-1969; DC2 = 1970-1986; DC3 = 1987-1999; DC4 = 2000-2010
All data is validated and supplied to the BSBI from the designated vice county recorder
This is a historic summary Dataset that was supplied to NBDC for the purposes of mapping distributions at the tetrad scale. The underlying record are held in the BSBI’s Distribution Database (http://bsbidb.org.uk/).
The BSBI Maps Scheme (www.bsbimaps.org.uk) displays hectad and tetrad maps for Britain and Ireland. Note that these maps are a summary Dataset only and have not been updated since 2010. More up to date maps are provided on the BSBI’s Distribution Database (http://bsbidb.org.uk/) for which users will need to register and be granted access.
Restricted (Data can be viewed on the mapping system but is not available for download)
Botanical Society of the British Isles, BSBI tetrad data for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, accessed 28 March 2024, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/9>
Dataset species distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of species recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset record distribution

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50Km

Distribution of the number of records within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map
Dataset Contacts
Tom Humphrey
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, 57 Walton Road, Shirehampton, Bristol, BS11 9TA, United Kingdom.
N/A
tom.humphrey@bsbi.org
Records per year
Species per year
Date Statistics
Resolution No. records
Year Range 349988
1600
2010
Record Statistics

349988

1

2137

0

Resolution No. records
100m 0
1km 0
2km 349988
10km 0
50km 0
Dataset Attributes
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Recorded Species
TaxonId PrefnameTaxonId Name Authority Group Rank Records
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