Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

Taxonomic Group (English)
Flowering plants & ferns
Taxonomic Group (Scientific)
Tracheophyta
Website
http://bsbi.org
Scheme Organiser
Kevin Walker
Email Address
kevin.walker@bsbi.org
Address

Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, regd. office: WMT LLP Chartered Accountants, 4 Beaconsfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3RD

About the scheme

The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland is for everyone who is interested in the flora of Britain and Ireland. We welcome both professional and amateur members. The society is the biggest and most active organisation devoted to the study of botany in Britain, Ireland, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man.

The Plant Atlas 2020, produced by the BSBI, is the most in-depth survey of the British and Irish flora ever undertaken. It builds on two previous plant distribution atlases published by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century and will serve as an essential resource for the study and conservation of our wild plants and their vitally important habitats for decades to come.

Thousands of botanists spent 20 years recording wild and naturalised plants across Britain and Ireland. They collected more than 30 million records which fed into the Plant Atlas 2020 website, book and summary reports.

Record Cards / Digital Recording Form

Atlases

Stroh Peter A., Walker Kevin J., Humphrey Thomas A., Pescott Oliver L, Burkmar R.J. (2023) Plant Atlas 2020: Mapping Changes in the Distribution of the British and Irish Flora. Princeton University Press, .
Stace Clive A, Preston Christopher D., Pearman David A. (2015) Hybrid flora of the British Isles. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Bristol .
Newton A., Randall R. D. (2004) Atlas of British and Irish brambles. Botanical Society of the British Isles., London .
Preston Christopher D., Pearman David A., Dines T.D. (2002) New Atlas of the British & Irish Flora. Oxford University Press, Oxford .
Jermy Anthony C, Arnold Henry R, Farrell Lynne, Perring Franklyn H. (1978) Atlas of ferns of the British Isles. Botanical Society of the British Isles and British Pteridological Society, London .
Perring Franklyn H., Walters S M. (1968) Critical supplement to the atlas of the British flora. Nelson, London .
Perring Franklyn H., Walters S M. (1962) Atlas of the British flora. Nelson, London .

References

Burns F., Eaton M. A., Hayhow D. B., Outhwaite C. L., Fulaij Al, August T.A., Boughey K. L., Brereton T., Brown A., Bullock D. J., Gent T., Haysom K. A., Isaac Nick J. B., Johns D. G., Macadam C. R., Mathews F., Noble D. G., Powney Gary D., Sims D. W., Smart S. M., Stroh P., Walker K. J., Webb J. R., Webb T. J., Gregory R. D. (2018) An assessment of the state of nature in the United Kingdom: A review of findings, methods and impact. Ecological Indicators, , 94, 226-236
Suggitt Andrew J., Wilson Robert J., Isaac Nick J. B., Beale Colin M., Auffret Alistair G., August T.A., Bennie Jonathan J., Crick Humphrey Q. P., Duffield Simon, Fox Richard, Hopkins John J., Macgregor Nicholas A., Morecroft Mike D., Walker Kevin J., Maclean Ilya M. D. (2018) Extinction risk from climate change is reduced by microclimatic buffering. Nature Climate Change, , 8, 713-717
Seebens Hanno, Blackburn Tim M., Dyer Ellie E., Genovesi Piero, Hulme Philip E., Jeschke Jonathan M., Pagad Shyama, Pyšek Petr, van Kleunen Mark, Winter Marten, Ansong Michael, Arianoutsou Margarita, Bacher Sven, Blasius Bernd, Brockerhoff Eckehard G., Brundu Giuseppe, Capinha César, Causton Charlotte E., Celesti-Grapow Laura, Dawson Wayne, Dullinger Stefan, Economo Evan P., Fuentes Nicol, Guénard Benoit, Jäger Heinke, Kartesz John, Kenis Marc, Kühn Ingolf, Lenzner Bernd, Liebhold Andrew M., Mosena Alexander, Moser Dietmar, Nentwig Wolfgang, Nishino Misako, Pearman David, Pergl Jan, Rabitsch Wolfgang, Rojas-Sandoval Julissa, Roques Alain, Rorke Steph L., Rossinelli Silvia, Roy Helen E., Scalera Riccardo, Schindler Stefan, Štajerová Kateřina, Tokarska-Guzik Barbara, Walker Kevin, Ward Darren F., Yamanaka Takehiko, Essl Franz (2018) Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, , 115, E2264-E2273
Pescott OL, Jitlal Mark S., Beckmann B, Roy D. B., Walker KJ, Dore A, Smart S.M. (2018) The use of National Plant Monitoring Scheme data for making inferences concerning air pollution impacts. , , ,
Stroh P. A., Pescott OL, Mountford J. O. (2017) Long-term changes in lowland calcareous grassland plots using Tephroseris integrifolia subsp. integrifolia as an indicator species. Plant Ecology, , 218, 1269-1281
Burns F., Eaton Mark A, Barlow K.E., Beckmann B, Brereton Tom M., Brooks D.R., Brown Peter M. J., Fulaij Al, Gent T., Henderson Ian G, Noble David G., Parsons M.S., Powney Gary D., Roy Helen E., Stroh P., Walker Kevin J., Wilkinson J.W., Wotton S.R., Gregory R.D. (2016) Agricultural management and climatic change are the major drivers of biodiversity change in the UK. PLoS ONE, , 11, e0151595
Viana D. S., Figuerola J., Schwenk K., Manca M., Hobaek A., Mjelde M., Preston Christopher D., Gornall R. J., Croft J. M., King R. A., Green A. J., Santamaria L. (2016) Assembly mechanisms determining high species turnover in aquatic communities over regional and continental scales. Ecography, , 39, 281-288
Viana D. S., Figuerola J., Schwenk K., Manca M., Hobaek A., Mjelde M., Preston Christopher D., Gornall R. J., Croft J. M., King R. A., Green A. J., Santamaria L. (2016) Assembly mechanisms determining high species turnover in aquatic communities over regional and continental scales. Ecography, , 39, 281-288
Dyer Robert James, Gillings Simon, Pywell Richard F, Fox Richard, Roy D. B., Oliver Tom H. (2016) Developing a biodiversity‐based indicator for large‐scale environmental assessment: a case study of proposed shale gas extraction sites in Britain. Journal of Applied Ecology, , ,
Pocock Michael J. O., Newson Stuart E, Henderson Ian G, Peyton J., Sutherland William J, Noble David G., Ball Stuart G, Beckmann B, Biggs Jeremy, Brereton Tom M., Bullock David J, Buckland Stephen T, Edwards Mike, Eaton Mark A, Harvey Martin C, Hill Mark O, Horlock Martin, Hubble David S, Julian Angela M, Mackey Edward C, Mann Darren J, Marshall Matthew J, Medlock Jolyon M, O'Mahony Elaine M, Pacheco Marina, Porter Keith, Prentice Steve, Procter Deborah A, Roy Helen E., Southway Sue E, Shortall Chris R, Stewart Alan JA, Wembridge David E, Wright Mark A, Roy D. B. (2015) Developing and enhancing biodiversity monitoring programmes: a collaborative assessment of priorities. Journal of Applied Ecology, , 52, 686–695