Database Report

VegMV -- the vegetation database of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Florian Jansen, Christian Berg & Jürgen Dengler

GIVD Database ID: EU-DE-001	Last update: 2020-08-06
VegMV	Web address: http://www.vegetweb.de
Database manager(s): Florian Jansen (florian.jansen@uni-rostock.de); Christian Berg (christian.berg@uni-graz.at)
Owner: Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Vegetationskunde
Scope: All available vegetation plots within the area of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (North-Eastern Germany) and neighboring regions.
Abstract:
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: yes	Online search: yes
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel, CSV file, XML
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.1 to 2000
Non-overlapping plots: 54000	Estimate of existing plots: 100000	Completeness: 54%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 54000	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 480	Valid taxa: 1905
Countries (%): DE: 100
Formations: Forest: 13% = Semi-aquatic: 6%; Terrestrial: 7% // Non Forest: 64% = Aquatic: 9% (Haline water: 1%; Fresh water: 8%); Semi-aquatic: 21% (Haline water: 5%; Fresh water: 16%); Terrestrial: 35% (Non arctic-alpin: 35% [Natural: 3%; Semi-natural: 19%; Anthropogenic: 13%])
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 25%; lichens (terricolous or aquatic): 10%; algae (terricolous or aquatic): 1%; non-terricolous taxa (epiphytic, saxicolous, lignicolous): 1%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 1.12%; 1-10 m2: 18.21%; 10-100 m2: 36.7%; 100-1000 m2: 14.74%; 1000-10000 m2: 0.033%; unknowmn: 29.19%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 0.7; slope aspect: 10; slope inclination: 8; microrelief: 0; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 4; other soil attributes: 0; soil pH: 0.7; land use categories: 1; soil depth: 0
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 1%; cover: 99%; number of individuals: 0%; measurements like diameter or height of trees: 0%; biomass: 0%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 7.5%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 3%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 80%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 9%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0%; 1920-1929: 0.06%; 1930-1939: 0.85%; 1940-1949: 0.03%; 1950-1959: 3.27%; 1960-1969: 14.06%; 1970-1979: 13.12%; 1980-1989: 11.95%; 1990-1999: 53.2%; 2000-2009: 1.98%; 2010-2019: 0.02%; unknown: 0%
Information as of 2026-05-16; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-DE-001

Florian Jansen* (florian.jansen@uni-rostock.de)
FAculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18059 Rostock, GERMANY
Christian Berg (christian.berg@uni-graz.at)
Plant Science, Systematic Botany and Botanical Garden, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Holteigasse 6, 8010 Graz, AUSTRIA
Jürgen Dengler (dengler@botanik.uni-hamburg.de)
Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology of Plants, Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical Garden, University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststraße&nbsp;18, 22609 Hamburg, GERMANY
* corresponding author