There are a number of elements to the results table to explore.
Sorting
You can sort any of the columns by clicking the column header. Click again will reverse the order, with the arrow indicating the order.
Viewing (or editing) a record
For each record in the table, you can click on the view icon to display more information. If you have editing permissions, there will also be an edit icon.
Taxon
The taxon column is colour coded to show validation status.
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Unchecked | Records are given this validation state when they enter the DDb by default |  |
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Confirmed | A record that has been checked subsequently in the DDb and is recognised as accurate is given the “confirmed” validation state. | |
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Needs verfication | This state is applied when the record is not currently acceptable, but further investigation or correction of some inconsistent details might make it valid. |  |
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Doubtful | This state is used if you feel the record details might have some merit, but for whatever reason the record is thought to be incorrect. | |
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Rejected | The "rejected" state is applied if the record is obviously erroneous and fundamental flaws mean that the details aren't worth salvaging. If the strike through is diagonal, it means the record has been rejected outside of the DDb (e.g. often in MapMate) | |
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Duplicate | It is not necessary or recommended to mark records as “duplicate” as the DDb can detect and exclude most duplicates automatically. | |
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There are also the following singleton markers displayed after the taxon name:
- '*' hectad singleton
- '†' county singleton
- '1st' first county record
- '(nkm)' singleton within nkm radius
Status
Each records has a status icon. You can roll over the icon to see the status in detail.
The outer circle shows the broad status of the record:
- Green: native
- Red: alien
- Grey: unclassified
The inner circle represents a more fine-grained status, which is best determined by rolling over the circle:
- native
- deliberate introduction
- naturalized escape or alien
- migrant
- casual - present briefly (less than five years)
- unknown
- surviving in wild for at least five years but not spreading
- established in wild for at least five years and spreading
- introduced and naturalized European species
- introduced and naturalized North American species
- population maintained or augmented by stocking
- living indoors, e.g. in greenhouses
- planted deliberately in a wild situation but not established
- alien, but reported as native or without status by recorder
- alien, excluding casual
- introduced and naturalized Asian species
- introduced Asian species
- introduced European species
- introduced African species
- alien, (all categories)
- status uncertain - presumed originally miscoded by recorder
- not classified
- looked for but not found
Some records also show additional status tags. You can rollover these tags to find more information, and a list of key tags is shown below.
- unmapped=not mapped as an occurrence in a wild situation
- RPR=included in Rare Plant Register
- Sco=included in Scottish Biodiversity List
- FPO=included in Irish Flora Protection Order List
- 8=included in Schedule 8 List
- S41=included in Schedule 41 List
- S42=included in Schedule 42 List
- ax=included in Axiophyte list
- National status: e.g 'scarce'
- Red list: e.g. Eng:EN or GB2021:EN