Recently introduced plant species are found in high densities in urban areas

Modern introductions (neophytes)

as a % of plant species

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10km grid

squares

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Newcastle

Manchester

Belfast

Leeds

Liverpool

Dublin

Cardiff

London

Birmingham

Modern introductions (neophytes)

as a % of plant species

0%

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20

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10km grid

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Edinburgh

Glasgow

Newcastle

Manchester

Belfast

Leeds

Liverpool

Dublin

Cardiff

London

Birmingham

Guardian graphic. Source: The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Plant Atlas 2020. Note: a small number of unclassified plant taxons were excluded from totals used to calculate the proportion