Amsterdam Canal Wall Plant Inventory for Protected Species

Wall plant inventories for canal walls, quay walls, bridges, locks, and ground in Amsterdam, conducted biennially. The data focuses on Flora and Faunawet Protected Plants and includes attention species that define the city's canal walls. It is published by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under a CC-PDM-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Monitor population trends of legally protected plant species based on biennial survey data.
• Assess the ecological value of specific canal infrastructure elements based on the presence of defining attention species.
• Model the relationship between wall plant communities and different structural types (e.g., bridges vs. locks).
• Support conservation planning for urban protected species based on inventory locations.

Strengths

• Data collection follows a defined protocol with a two-year cadence, suggesting temporal consistency.
• Focus includes legally protected species under the Flora and Faunawet, providing a clear regulatory relevance.
• Inventory scope covers multiple infrastructure types (canal walls, quay walls, bridges, locks, ground).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Field examinations conducted by the KNNV wall plant work group.

Time Range

Biennial surveys; specific temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

Data is collected every two years, but the specific last update is unknown.

Geography

Amsterdam, Netherlands (inferred from description).