Postcode Plants Database

[Elliott]

Reading the newspaper and came across this web link;

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/

You enter part of a postcode and up pops a list of wild plants recorded in that area. “The Plant distribution data are derived from the Atlas of the British Flora, 3rd Edition (published by the Botanical Society of the British Isles, 1982). The dataset currently contains 1,353 species (about 90 percent of Britain's native flora). “

You end up with a plants Common name, Scientific name, Pictures and the Form it takes i.e. whether it is Annual, Biennial, Climber, Geophyte (bulb, rhizome, etc.), Herbaceous Perennial, Large Shrub or Small Tree, Marsh Plant, Parasite, Perennial, Shrub, Tree, Water Plant, Woody Perennial.
Could be yet another useful e-resource for reference purposes once home from a field trip (unless you carry a lap top around – who knows) or just to see whats on your doorstep.


Looking further at this site I have also found

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/Search.htm

Where you can search the fauna database for individual animal species.

Hope it might prove useful to some

Elliott

[Squidders]

Nice... Thanks Elliott :biggthump Top link! could you post it in the links sticky undeer resources too because this is a keeper I think :You_Rock_

[ScottC]

Wow, what a great resource, thanks there Elliot! :You_Rock_

[Adi007]

One word - fantastic!

[Lithril]

Many thanks for that, wasn't expecting to find a great deal in this area but there are hundreds.

Cheers

Matt

[den]

Thanks mate. Crackin find. :You_Rock_

[tomtom]

dito.. dito.. dito.. what a wonderful thing

[Stuart]

well done good link

[TheViking]

Smart... :biggthump

[match]

I remember finding this a long while ago and having a good browse through it and deciding that it is an excellent resource - I would warn that this is collated with the resolution never less than 10kmx10km http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/Tech.htm

This often means that in areas with a high division of postcodes (for example city centres) the postcode in question may have a resolution higher than 10kmx10km, and so you may never find the plant in question (EH1 - Central Edinburgh and Common Valerian/Wood Sorrel being good examples :-)

So it is a very good tool for deciding what plants might be found in a particular type of environment, or for deciding what to plant when recreating the native habitat of an area, but it is not as much use if you wish to go out hunting for certain plants in your area.