Wild for Orchids Citizen Science Campaign Records 2020 - 2023

<p>This dataset represents the geographic distribution of wild orchids in the Maltese Islands, as recorded by the Wild For Orchids Citizen Science Initiative between January 2020 and December 2023. It includes data obtained through citizen science contributions and has undergone rigorous two-stage quality control for species identification and GPS accuracy. Species identification was carried out according to Mifsud (2018).&nbsp;The location data of each records is provided as a shapefile format projected in ETRS89-extended / LAEA Europe (EPSG:3035), and exact GPS location were transformed in 1 km square grid according to the&nbsp;<span>European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS).<br></span></p> <p><span>Wild for Orchids is a Citizen Science Initiative designed and managed by Green House Malta.</span></p>