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Databases

Databases for vegetation scientists

Plant traits:

BiolFlor : Datenbank biologisch-ökologischer Merkmale der Flora von Deutschland
CLO-PLA - a database of clonal growth in plants
LEDA: Life-history traits of the Northwest European flora
USDA Plants Database
UConn Plant database

Plot data:

Czech National Phytosociological Database: [Czech | English]
EcoPlant -- A phytoecological database for France's forests
FloraWeb
Gentry Dataset -- Alan Gentry's tropical forest plots
LTER Data
NVS -- New Zealand Vegetation Survey
RAINFOR -- Amazon Forest Inventory Network
Slovakia -- Central Database of Phytosociological Relevés
SOPHY -- Une banque de données botaniques et écologiques
SynBioSys Europe
USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program --US National Parks
VegBank -- ESA Vegetation Panel Plot Archive

Plot databases systems :

Archive for botanical data
TurboVeg
USGS-NPS Plots
VegAna (Vegetation edition and Analysis) is an integrated software package oriented toweards the storement, management and analysis of ecological data.
VegBank (online archive) & VegBranch (desktop)

Taxonomic & Floristic Data:

Atlas Florae Europeae
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
International Plant Names Index
International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases
Mexican Biodiversity Information Network - REMIB
NatureServe Explorer - Community and Species classification
USDA Plants Database
VegBank -- ESA Vegetation Panel Plot Archive
W3 TROPICOS