Road verges are pollinator hotspots in agricultural landscapes, but are diminished by heavy traffic and summer verge cutting (dataset)

Flower and pollinator communities were surveyed in 2018, using transect counts and pan traps, to explore the role of road verges and their associated hedges in supporting pollinators in an agricultural landscape in southwest England, and the impacts of traffic and verge cutting. At 19 sites, the road verge (verge edge and verge centre), the verge hedge (both sides), a field hedge, and the field interior were surveyed.