Forager's Compass · GrowBros

Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A)

Verified community sightings from Jammu & Kashmir + Ladakh, packaged in the standard biodiversity-data format used by GBIF, iNaturalist, and Indian biodiversity portals.

CC0 1.0 · public domain DwC-A v1.0 UTF-8 TSV

↓ Download archive (.zip)

What's inside

occurrence.txt — tab-separated occurrence records, one per sighting
meta.xml — Darwin Core schema descriptor
eml.xml — Ecological Metadata Language (publisher, scope, licence)

Filters applied

Only mod_state = 'verified' records (mycologist-confirmed)
Only visibility = 'public' sightings (uploader opted in)
Coordinates rounded to 3 decimals (~110 m) to protect patches

Programmatic access

curl -L -O https://growbros.in/api/forager/dwca/zip

Other endpoints — occurrence.txt · meta.xml · eml.xml · preview JSON

Academic research CSV

For mycology + climate-shift research at SKUAST-K, University of Kashmir Botany Dept, and elsewhere. Adds per-record phenology context — day-of-year, approximate accumulated GDD (base 5°C, elevation-adjusted), climate zone (Kashmir Valley / Pir Panjal / Chenab / Jammu / Ladakh), elevation band — on top of the standard occurrence fields. Coarse but defensible as a within-dataset comparator; absolute GDD values should be cross-referenced with IMD weather-station data for precise study.

↓ Research CSV (.csv)

Citation

GrowBros Forager's Compass community sightings (J&K + Ladakh). https://growbros.in/forager.html

License

CC0 1.0 Universal — public-domain dedication. Coordinates rounded to ~110 m to protect patches.

A free GrowBros field-data export · Built for SKUAST-K, J&K Forest Dept, GBIF, iNaturalist, and any open-biodiversity-data programme.