Database Report

Romanian Forest Database

Adrian Indreica, Pavel Dan Turtureanu & Anna Szabo

GIVD Database ID: EU-RO-007	Last update: 2018-11-09
Romanian Forest Database	Web address:
Database manager(s): Adrian Indreica (adrianindreica@unitbv.ro); Pavel Dan Turtureanu (turtureanudan@gmail.com)
Owner: Adrian Indreica and contributors; Department of Silviculture, Transilvania University of Brasov.
Scope: A vegetation plot database of woodland ecosystems in Romania - forests and shrubs.
Abstract: This database merges 3 old databases - EU-RO-003, EU-RO-004, EU-RO-005. It comprises releves of Romanian forests and shrubs. Dominant genus on the upper layers are: Abies, Acer, Alnus, Betula, Carpinus, Castanea, Celtis, Crataegus, Cornus, Corylus, Cotinus, Cotoneaster, Fagus, Fraxinus, Hippophae, Juniperus, Larix, Picea, Pinus, Populus, Prunus, Quercus, Rhamnus, Robinia, Rosa, Rubus, Salix, Sambucus, Sorbus, Spiraea, Syringa, Tilia, Ulmus.
Availability: according to a specific agreement	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 10 to 20000
Non-overlapping plots: 9558	Estimate of existing plots: 15000	Completeness: 64%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 9558	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 340	Valid taxa: 2209
Countries (%): RO: 100
Formations: Forest: 93% = Semi-aquatic: 6%; Terrestrial: 86% // Non Forest: 7% = Terrestrial: 7% (Arctic-alpin: 1%; Non arctic-alpin: 6% [Natural: 6%])
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 15%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 0%; 1-10 m2: 0%; 10-100 m2: 4.2%; 100-1000 m2: 78%; 1000-10000 m2: 0.8%; >= 10000 m2: 0%; unknowmn: 17%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 71; slope aspect: 75; slope inclination: 75
Performance measure(s): presence/absence only: 8%; cover: 92%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 9%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 24%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 62%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 5%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0%; 1920-1929: 0.06%; 1930-1939: 0.31%; 1940-1949: 0.78%; 1950-1959: 4.2%; 1960-1969: 13.8%; 1970-1979: 27.1%; 1980-1989: 7.1%; 1990-1999: 11.15%; 2000-2009: 23.2%; 2010-2019: 12.3%
Information as of 2026-04-23; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-RO-007

Adrian Indreica* (adrianindreica@unitbv.ro)
Silviculture, Transilvania University of Brasov, Sirul Beethoven 1, RO500123 Brasov, ROMANIA
Pavel Dan Turtureanu (turtureanudan@gmail.com)
"A. Borza" Botanical Garden, Babes-Bolyai University, Republicii Street 42, RO400015 Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA
Anna Szabo (annuc19@gmail.com)
"Apathy Istvan Egyesulet" Association, ROMANIA
* corresponding author