Database Report

Ukrainian Grassland Database

Anna Kuzemko

GIVD Database ID: EU-UA-001	Last update: 2020-10-31
Ukrainian Grassland Database	Web address: https://edgg.org/databases/Regional-databases
Database manager(s): Anna Kuzemko (anyameadow.ak@gmail.com)
Owner: Anna Kuzemko
Scope: The database includes of phytosociological relevés of different types of grasslands from Ukraine. Criteria for inclusion are: grassland vegetation or related vegetation types within the administrative borders of Ukraine and clear geographic location
Abstract: The database includes a relevés of grassland vegetation of Ukraine, carried out by 66 authors over the period from 1932 to 2019. The relevés are made in almost all administrative regions of Ukraine. The size of plots ranged from 0,5 to 400 m2. The nomenclature is given in accordance the species list “Russia”, which is based on a checklist of S. Cherepanov (1995) for vascular plants, M. Ignatov & O. Afonina checklist (1992) for mosses and the lichens identification guides of the USSR (1971–1978) and Russia (1996, 1998) for lichens. The relevés of the database were assigted into seven classes of vegetation: Molinio-Arrhenatheretea, Festuco-Brometea, Phragmito-Magno?aricetea, Scheuchzerio-Caricetea, Koelerio-Corynephoretea, Festuco-Puccinellietea, Nardetea.
Availability: free upon request	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): TURBOVEG, Excel, CSV file
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 0.5 to 400
Non-overlapping plots: 11758	Estimate of existing plots: 11758	Completeness: 100%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 11758	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 27	Valid taxa: 0
Countries (%): UA: 100
Formations: Non Forest: 100% = Terrestrial: 100% (Non arctic-alpin: 100%)
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 8%; lichens (terricolous or aquatic): 2%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 0.08%; 1-10 m2: 20.6%; 10-100 m2: 64.4%; 100-1000 m2: 0.09%; 1000-10000 m2: 0%; >= 10000 m2: 0%; unknowmn: 14.8%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 52.3; slope aspect: 33.9; slope inclination: 33.9; microrelief: 228; 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%; other: 0%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 454%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 4342%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 0%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 0%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0%; 1920-1929: 0%; 1930-1939: 0.16%; 1940-1949: 0.45%; 1950-1959: 2.52%; 1960-1969: 8.19%; 1970-1979: 5.69%; 1980-1989: 3.06%; 1990-1999: 4.58%; 2000-2009: 24.0%; 2010-2019: 44.8%; unknown: 5.61%
Information as of 2026-04-29; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-UA-001

Anna Kuzemko* (anyameadow.ak@gmail.com)
Geobotany and Ecology, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany NAS of Ukraine, Tereshchenkivska, 2, 01601 Kyiv, UKRAINE
* corresponding author