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Ecoflora Home Page
This allows you to select a species name and from that name, gather all the data associated with that species. The Species with Ecochars lists all species for which we have entries in the Ecological Characteristics table, most of the native species (omitting the rarest) and 200 of the commoner, established alien species (a total of 1848 species). The Alien Species option lists all the alien species. All Species option lists all 3,258 species (together with 582 synonyms.
This
allows you to enter the name of a fungus found on a plant, a part of a plant
on which a fungus is found, a type of attack, or a name of a disease, and obtain details
of the fungus itself.If you wish to search for those fungi found on a particular
plant, please go to the plant species pages.
This
is the same as the species , but the search is performed on the vernacular name
rather than the Latin binomial.
The
Ecological Flora of the Britain and Ireland is a database constructed from
a wide variety of sources by Dr Helen Peat and Professor Alastair Fitter at
the University of York, with financial support from the British
Ecological Society and the Natural Environment Research Council.
It consists of data on 3842 species of higher plants that occur in the
Britain and Ireland (of which some 2400 species including all the natives and many common introductions have ecological traits entered), together with the bibliography of sources. This version has
been produced by Dr Henry Ford.
The data
comprises information on taxonomy (family, genus, specific name, authority,
and vernacular name, together with common synonyms), a suite of over 240 ecological
and morphological characteristics, vice-county distribution in Britain, European
distribution by country, mycorrhizal associations, associated phytophagous insects and fungi. The data are obtained from the literature and the coverage varies greatly
between species. The data set is therefore incomplete.
Where appropriate we now have links to the NBN and BSBI UK distribution maps, worldwide distribution from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the accounts from the Biological Flora series in the Journal of Ecology, National Vegetation Classification Habitat codes, CABI fact sheets, the Database of Insect Food Plants, the USDA Forestry Department Fire Effects database, the USDA NRCS Plant Guides, UK Herbarium sheets and Google Pics. We have galleries of photographs for some 400 species, and descriptions and data for 2100 species to which we are continually adding. These are being updated at the moment. Seed weight, 2cDNA and Ellenberg data have been updated (2019). 2021 has seen the addition of data from the BROT Mediterranean database and the PLADIAS Czech database, with permission and thanks. 2022/3 has seen the addition of data from the FAO crop database
Navigate
by means of the menu on the left. Please report factual errors, missing
data, and web errors to manager@ecoflora.org.uk.
We have carefully compiled the information on the website and the database but cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information nor be held liable for damages occurring as a result of the use of this information. Neither can you claim any rights in relation to this information.
We are always looking for new sources of data, photographs and contributors. Contact manager@ecoflora.org.uk
This
enables you to search on an insect name and retrieve details on the plant
parts attacked, the type of attack, the primary and other hosts. If you wish
to search for those insects attacking a particular plant, please go to the
plant species pages.
This
allows you to retrieve all the species which conform to a particular value of
an ecological characteristic. There is a list of characteristics, their values, and notes available from this page .
A glossary of botanical terms
Contact
the managers of the ecoflora with comments and new data
Links to some Biological, Environmental, scientific and
governmental web sites relevant to wildlife in the UK
This provides a description of the ecological characteristics tables, hints to photographers, etc. A complete data dictionary is not provided.
If you need to cite the database, this gives you the information you require.
The latest information on new features, updates, and proposed alterations to the database
This allows you to select 20 species and any number of ecological characteristics and retrieve the data in tabular form
This gives access to all the species in the database. Select a species name and from that name, gather all the data associated with that species. The list includes species with ecological characteristics, those with limited or no characteristics, and common synonyms.
This gives access to published theses and papers using the Ecoflora database as a major source of data.