Vegetation surveys of coastal shingle in Great Britain

This dataset comprises data from two vegetation surveys which aimed to provide a complete inventory of coastal shingle habitats in Great Britain. The surveys were commissioned by the Nature Conservancy Council in 1987. All major sites containing coastal shingle habitats in Great Britain were covered by this survey. Vegetation was sampled at multiple quadrats within each site; however, for many locations, only a single grid reference is available covering the whole of each site. Survey details: 1) A detailed survey of the whole shingle peninsula of Dungeness, Kent, carried out by Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London (Ferry, Lodge & Waters 1990) 2) A detailed survey of coastal shingle structures and beaches supporting permanent flora above the strandline (other than Dungeness) in England, Scotland and Wales, carried out by Girton College, Cambridge (Sneddon 1992; Sneddon & Randall 1993)