Database Report

Vegetation Database of Ukraine and Adjacent Parts of Russia

Viktor Onyshchenko

GIVD Database ID: EU-UA-006	Last update: 2018-11-09
Vegetation Database of Ukraine and Adjacent Parts of Russia	Web address:
Database manager(s): Viktor Onyshchenko (v.onyshchenko@i.ua)
Owner: Viktor Onyshchenko. Institute of Botany of NAS, 2, Tereshchenkivska str., 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
Scope: The database has 3327 relevés. The largest groups of them are: 1. Order Fagetalia sylvaticae in Ukraine. 2. Vegetation of the Azov Sea region on the territories of Ukraine and Russia (Festuco-Brometea, Festucetea vaginatae, Ammophiletea, Thero-Salicornietea, Salicornietea fruticosae, Festuco-Puccinellietea etc.). 3. Mires of Ukrainian Carpathians (Oxycocco-Sphagnetea, Scheuchzerio-Caricetea, Phragmito-Caricetea). 4. Mires and other vegetation of Rivnensky nature reserve (northwestern Ukraine).
Abstract:
Availability: free upon request	Online upload: no	Online search: no
Database format(s): TURBOVEG	Export format(s): Excel, plain text file, other
Plot type(s): normal plots	Plot-size range (m²): 1 to 5000
Non-overlapping plots: 3327	Estimate of existing plots: 3327	Completeness: 100%	Status: completed and continuing
Total no. of plot observations: 3327	Number of sources (biblioreferences, data collectors): 12	Valid taxa: 2065
Countries (%): UA: 85.7; RU: 14.3
Formations: Forest: 41% = Semi-aquatic: 0%; Terrestrial: 41% // Non Forest: 59% = Aquatic: 0% (Haline water: 0%; Fresh water: 0%); Semi-aquatic: 27% (Haline water: 13%; Fresh water: 14%); Terrestrial: 31% (Non arctic-alpin: 31% [Natural: 25%; Semi-natural: 3%; Anthropogenic: 3%])
Guilds: all vascular plants: 100%; bryophytes (terricolous or aquatic): 22%; lichens (terricolous or aquatic): 41%
Plot size categories (%): < 1 m2: 0.0%; 1-10 m2: 1.7%; 10-100 m2: 2.1%; 100-1000 m2: 66.2%; 1000-10000 m2: 6.4%; >= 10000 m2: 0.0%; unknowmn: 23.7%;
Environmental data (%): altitude: 60; slope aspect: 90; slope inclination: 90; microrelief: 0; surface cover other than plants (open soil, litter, bare rock etc.): 0; other soil attributes: 0; soil pH: 0; soil depth: 0
Performance measure(s): cover: 100%; measurements like diameter or height of trees: 15%%
Geographic localisation: GPS coordinates (precision 25 m or less): 5.4%; point coordinates less precise than GPS, up to 1 km: 53.2%; small grid (not coarser than 10 km): 26.7%; political units or only on a coarser scale ( above 10 km): 14.8%
Sampling periods: before 1920: 0.0%; 1920-1929: 0.0%; 1930-1939: 0.1%; 1940-1949: 0.0%; 1950-1959: 0.2%; 1960-1969: 10.1%; 1970-1979: 2.4%; 1980-1989: 0.1%; 1990-1999: 9.1%; 2000-2009: 40.1%; 2010-2019: 28.1%; unknown: 9,8%
Information as of 2026-05-19; further details and future updates available from http://www.givd.info/ID/EU-UA-006

Viktor Onyshchenko* (v.onyshchenko@i.ua)
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of NAS, 2, Tereshchenkivska str., 01601 Kyiv, UKRAINE
* corresponding author