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:

International Metadatabase on Vegetation Databases

Austria: Austrian Vegetation Database
Belgium: Vlaved at (Flemish Vegetation Databank)
Czech Republic: Czech National Phytosociological Database
Denmark: DANVEG
Europe: SynBioSys Europe
France: EcoPlant | National Forest Inventory | SOPHY
Germany: VegetWeb | Vegetation database of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Ireland: National Vegetation Database
Netherlands: National Vegetation Databank
New Zealand: National Vegetation Survey Database
Slovakia: Central Database of Phytosociological Relevés
Spain: Biodiversity databank of Catalonia | SIVIM
UK: Countryside Survey | National Vegetation Classification
USA: LTER Data | USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program | VegBank
Tropical Forests: Gentry Dataset | RAINFOR

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
FloraWeb
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