The last 9 months have seen the updating of the Associated Fungus table completed. Do report any errors or discrepancies to Henry Ford from the contacts. The NVC habitat codes for the flora have been updated, with subcommunity, constancy and abundance data. These data are now available for 1,066 plants. Photographs for some 400 plants have been added and we hope to have a further 100 plants photographed by the end of the year.
The next 12 months should see the continuation of updates, the addition of photographs,
and the completion of the Associated Insect table check, and linking to the NBN gateway.
Missing Data : We now have a missing data facility, so everyone can now look and see what measurements we need to comlete the database, so for those of us still working on plants, please check the missing data facility for the plants you are working on and take a few extra measurements for the database.
Usage: The site continues to receive about 2,000 individual users per month. So thanks to our hosts 34sp.com for providing such a seamless service. And on January 1 we had 274 separate users. I think some members of our community need to get out much, much more........
Associated Fungi: The updating of this table is complete, with typographical errors corrected and authorships completed. Next will be the Insect Table
Updates of Ecological characteristics : 8 plants have had their ecological characteristics updated. Now that the plant descriptions have been competed and the first batch of photos has been uploaded this work will continue.
Links: Several new links have been added to our list or sites relevant to the UK flora.
Funding : The British Ecological Society have generously funded the Ecological Flora again for the coming year enabling us to undertake the major revisions that have been made. Further funding always needs to be sourced. Contact Prof Alastair Fitter, or Henry Ford from the contacts page.
Blog: You can now post your comments here if you wish to
