Database Report

Polish Vegetation Database

Zygmunt Kacki & Grzegorz Swacha

GIVD Database ID: EU-PL-001	Last update: 2018-11-08
Polish Vegetation Database	Web address: http://www.synbiot.uni.wroc.pl
Database manager(s): Zygmunt Kacki (zygmunt.kacki@uwr.edu.pl); Grzegorz Swacha (gswacha@gmail.com)
Owner: Department of Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wroclaw
Scope: The aim of the Polish Vegetation Database is to gather all available phytosociological relevés from the territory of Poland.
Abstract: The Polish Vegetation Database was established in 2007 at the Department of Biodiversity and Plant Cover Protection at University of Wroclaw. Its aim is to collect all available phytosociological data from the territory of Poland. The database includes mainly vegetation records collected during last century in accordance with the Central European phytosociological method. Polish Vegetation Database stores mainly published records from regional studies. The database also contains unpublished data. The largest group of data presents the vegetation of dry and wet grasslands 40.6%, followed by forest and shrub communities 25.6%, anthropogenic vegetation 24.4%, water and peat bogs 8,6% and other types of vegetation 0.8%. The database provides data for regional and national synthesis for the classification of vegetation. Data stored in the database is also an important source of information about the distribution of plant communities and valuable habitats of the Natura 2000 habitats. Information stored in the database is the basis for assessing the habitat preferences and large-scale patterns of plant species richness or geographical distribution.
Availability: free upon request	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel, CSV file, plain text file
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.1 to 5000
Non-overlapping plots: 84951	Estimate of existing plots: 84951	Completeness: 100%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 84951	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 584	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): PL: 100
Formations:
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 30%; lichens (terricolous or aquatic): 2%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 1%; 1-10 m2: 9%; 10-100 m2: 52%; 100-1000 m2: 26%; 1000-10000 m2: 1%; >= 10000 m2: 0%; unknowmn: 11%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 13; slope aspect: 22; slope inclination: 22; microrelief: 0; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 0; other soil attributes: 0; soil pH: 0; land use categories: 0; soil depth: 0
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 0%; cover: 100%; number of individuals: 0%; measurements like diameter or height of trees: 0%; biomass: 0%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 2%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 76%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 22%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0%; 1920-1929: 0.60%; 1930-1939: 0.09%; 1940-1949: 0.56%; 1950-1959: 2.07%; 1960-1969: 10.65%; 1970-1979: 17.52%; 1980-1989: 17.66%; 1990-1999: 18.23%; 2000-2009: 23.43%; 2010-2019: 4.19%; unknown: 5%
Information as of 2025-10-24; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-PL-001

Zygmunt Kacki* (zygmunt.kacki@uwr.edu.pl)
Department of Vegetation Ecology, University of Wroclaw , Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wroclaw, POLAND
Grzegorz Swacha (gswacha@gmail.com)
Department of Vegetation Ecology, University of Wroclaw , Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wroclaw, POLAND
* corresponding author