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Florabank1 - A grid-based database on vascular plant distribution in the northern part of Belgium (Flanders and the Brussels Capital region)
Wouter Van Landuyt
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)Researcher
Kliniekstraat 25BrusselsBrussels Capital Region1070BELGIUM
wouter.vanlanduyt@inbo.be
Dimitri Brosens
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)Data liaison officer
Kliniekstraat 25BrusselsBrussels Capital Region1070BELGIUM
dimitri.brosens@inbo.behttp://www.biodiversity.be
Wouter Van Landuyt
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)Researcher
Kliniekstraat 25BrusselsBrussels Capital Region1070BELGIUM
wouter.vanlanduyt@inbo.be POINT_OF_CONTACT
Wouter Van Landuyt
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)Researcher
Kliniekstraat 25BrusselsBrussels Capital Region1070BELGIUM
0032 (0) 2 525 02 96wouter.vanlanduyt@inbo.be OWNER
Leo Vanhecke
National Botanic Garden Belgium (NBGB)Researcher
Bouchout Domain, Nieuwelaan 38MeiseFlemish Brabant1860BELGIUM
leo.vanhecke@br.fgov.be AUTHOR
Brussels Environment (BIM/IBGE)
Gulledelle 100BrusselsBrussels Capital Region1200BELGIUM
http://www.ibgebim.be OWNER
Dimitri Brosens
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)Data liaison officer
Kliniekstraat 25BrusselsBrussels Capital Region1070BELGIUM
dimitri.brosens@inbo.behttp://www.biodiversity.be PROCESSOR
2024-01-01
ENGLISH
Florabank1 is a database that contains distributional data on the wild flora (indigenous species, archeophytes and naturalised aliens) of Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region. It holds about 3 million records of vascular plants, dating from 1800 till present. Furthermore, it includes ecological data on vascular plant species, redlist category information, Ellenberg values, legal status, global distribution, seed bank etc. The database is an initiative of "Flo.Wer" (http://www.plantenwerkgroep.be), the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) (http://www.inbo.be) and the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (http://www.br.fgov.be). Florabank aims at centralizing botanical distribution data gathered by both professional and amateur botanists and to make these data available to the benefit of nature conservation, policy and scientific research. The occurrence data contained in Florabank1 are extracted from checklists, literature and herbarium specimen information. Of survey lists, the locality name (verbatimLocality), species name, observation date and IFBL square code - the grid system used for plant mapping in Belgium (Van Rompaey 1943) - are recorded. For records dating from the period 1972–2004 all pertinent botanical journals dealing with Belgian flora were systematically screened. Analysis of herbarium specimens in the collection of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium, the University of Ghent and the University of Liège provided interesting distribution knowledge concerning rare species, this information is also included in Florabank1.
The IFBL data recorded before 1972 is available through the Belgian GBIF node (http://www.gbif.org/dataset/940821c0-3269-11df-855a-b8a03c50a862), not through Florabank1, to avoid duplication of information. A dedicated portal providing access to all currently published Belgian IFBL records is available at: http://projects.biodiversity.be/ifbl.
All data in Florabank1 is georeferenced. Every record holds the decimal centroid coordinates of the > IFBL square containing the observation. The uncertainty radius is the smallest circle possible covering the whole IFBL square, which can measure 1 km² or 4 km². Florabank is a work in progress and new occurrences are added as they become available; the dataset will be updated through GBIF on a regularly base.
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml
Observation
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
naturalised aliens
indigenous species
archeophytes
flora
grid mapping
Tracheophyta
n/a
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml
To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate however, if you read and follow these norms for data use (http://www.inbo.be/en/norms-for-data-use) and provide a link to the original dataset whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship.
We are always interested to know how you have used or visualized the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata, opendata@inbo.be or https://twitter.com/LifeWatchINBO.
Data pertaining to Brussels with occurrences from 2003-2005 is owned by BIM-IBGE.
See: http://www.floraofbrussels.be/floraofbrussels/ for more information.
To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
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Florabank deals with distribution data of the wild flora of Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region (Federal states of the Kingdom of Belgium). Florabank covers an area of 13.682 km². Flanders has a temperate maritime climate influenced by the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, with relatively moderate summers and mild winters. Flanders is the northern part of Belgium. The two main geographical regions of Flanders are the Yser basin, in the North-West and the central plain. Flanders is divided in 6 ecoregions (Dunes district; Kempens district; Loam district; River Maas; Polder district, Sand and Loam district). The Brussels Capital region is a small region (162 km²) surrounded Flanders and is entirely situated in the Loam district. The majority of this region is highly urbanized and only the southern part is occupied by a large beech forest.
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5.92
51.51
50.68
The coverage of this database spans the Phylum Tracheophyta or vascular plants. The highest number of records are from the Magnoliopsida (76.48%) followed by Monocotyledones (20.92%), Filicopsida (1.44%), Sphenopsida (0.97%) Coniferopsida (0.13%) and Lycopsida (0.03%). Ginkgopsids are within the scope of Florabank, but do not occur within the geographical scope of the database.
Phylum
Tracheophytes
vascular plants
Class
Coniferopsida
Class
Filicopsida
Class
Ginkgopsida
Class
Liliopsida
Class
Lycopsida
Class
Magnoliopsida
Class
Sphenopsida
Order
Sapindales
Order
Sarraceniales
Order
Saxifragales
Order
Scrophulariales
Order
Theales
Order
Thymelaeales
Order
Urticales
Order
Violales
Order
Gymnospermae
Order
Equisetales
Order
Pinales
Order
Taxales
Order
Filicales
Order
Marsileales
Order
Ophioglossales
Order
Osmundales
Order
Salviniales
Order
Ginkgoales
Order
Alismatales
Order
Arales
Order
Commelinales
Order
Cyperales
Order
Hydrocharitales
Order
Juncales
Order
Liliales
Order
Najadales
Order
Orchidales
Order
Poales
Order
Pontederiales
Order
Typhales
Order
Typhales
Order
Zingiberales
Order
Isoetales
Order
Lycopodiales
Order
Selaginellales
Order
Apiales
Order
Aristolochiales
Order
Asterales
Order
Callitrichales
Order
Campanulales
Order
Capparales
Order
Caryophyllales
Order
Celastrales
Order
Cornales
Order
Cucurbitales
Order
Dipsacales
Order
Elaeagnales
Order
Ericales
Order
Euphorbiales
Order
Fabales
Order
Gentianales
Order
Geraniales
Order
Haloragales
Order
Haloragales
Order
Hamamelidales
Order
Juglandales
Order
Lamiales
Order
Linales
Order
Loganiales
Order
Magnoliales
Order
Malvales
Order
Myricales
Order
Myrtales
Order
Nymphaeales
Order
Oleales
Order
Paeoniales
Order
Papaverales
Order
Piperales
Order
Plantaginales
Order
Plumbaginales
Order
Polemoniales
Order
Polygalales
Order
Polygonales
Order
Primulales
Order
Ranunculales
Order
Rhamnales
Order
Rosales
Order
Rubiales
Order
Rutales
Order
Salicales
Order
Santalales
Family
Araucariaceae
Family
Cupressaceae
Family
Pinaceae
Family
Taxodiaceae
Family
Taxaceae
Family
Adiantaceae
Family
Aspleniaceae
Family
Blechnaceae
Family
Dennstaedtiaceae
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Family
Hymenophyllaceae
Family
Polypodiaceae
Family
Thelypteridaceae
Family
Woodsiaceae
Family
Marsileaceae
Family
Ophioglossaceae
Family
Osmundaceae
Family
Azollaceae
Family
Salviniaceae
Family
Ginkgoaceae
Family
Alismataceae
Family
Butomaceae
Family
Araceae
Family
Lemnaceae
Family
Commelinaceae
Family
Cyperaceae
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Family
Juncaceae
Family
Agavaceae
Family
Alliaceae
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Family
Dioscoreaceae
Family
Iridaceae
Family
Liliaceae
Family
Aponogetonaceae
Family
Juncaginaceae
Family
Najadaceae
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Family
Ruppiaceae
Family
Scheuchzeriaceae
Family
Zannichelliaceae
Family
Zosteraceae
Family
Orchidaceae
Family
Poaceae
Family
Pontederiaceae
Family
Sparganiaceae
Family
Typhaceae
Family
Cannaceae
Family
Isoetaceae
Family
Lycopodiaceae
Family
Selaginellaceae
Family
Apiaceae
Family
Araliaceae
Family
Aristolochiaceae
Family
Asteraceae
Family
Callitrichaceae
Family
Campanulaceae
Family
Lobeliaceae
Family
Brassicaceae
Family
Capparaceae
Family
Resedaceae
Family
Aizoaceae
Family
Amaranthaceae
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Family
Molluginaceae
Family
Nyctaginaceae
Family
Phytolaccaceae
Family
Portulacaceae
Family
Aquifoliaceae
Family
Celastraceae
Family
Cornaceae
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Family
Adoxaceae
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Family
Dipsacaceae
Family
Valerianaceae
Family
Elaeagnaceae
Family
Actinidiaceae
Family
Clethraceae
Family
Empetraceae
Family
Ericaceae
Family
Monotropaceae
Family
Pyrolaceae
Family
Buxaceae
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Family
Caesalpiniaceae
Family
Fabaceae
Family
Betulaceae
Family
Fagaceae
Family
Apocynaceae
Family
Asclepiadaceae
Family
Gentianaceae
Family
Balsaminaceae
Family
Geraniaceae
Family
Limnanthaceae
Family
Oxalidaceae
Family
Tropaeolaceae
Family
Gunneraceae
Family
Haloragaceae
Family
Hippuridaceae
Family
Hamamelidaceae
Family
Platanaceae
Family
Juglandaceae
Family
Boraginaceae
Family
Lamiaceae
Family
Verbenaceae
Family
Linaceae
Family
Buddlejaceae
Family
Calycanthaceae
Family
Magnoliaceae
Family
Malvaceae
Family
Tiliaceae
Family
Myricaceae
Family
Lythraceae
Family
Onagraceae
Family
Trapaceae
Family
Cabombaceae
Family
Ceratophyllaceae
Family
Nymphaeaceae
Family
Oleaceae
Family
Paeoniaceae
Family
Fumariaceae
Family
Papaveraceae
Family
Saururaceae
Family
Plantaginaceae
Family
Plumbaginaceae
Family
Convolvulaceae
Family
Cuscutaceae
Family
Hydrophyllaceae
Family
Menyanthaceae
Family
Polemoniaceae
Family
Solanaceae
Family
Polygalaceae
Family
Polygonaceae
Family
Primulaceae
Family
Berberidaceae
Family
Menispermaceae
Family
Ranunculaceae
Family
Rhamnaceae
Family
Vitaceae
Family
Amygdalaceae
Family
Malaceae
Family
Rosaceae
Family
Rubiaceae
Family
Anacardiaceae
Family
Rutaceae
Family
Simaroubaceae
Family
Zygophyllaceae
Family
Salicaceae
Family
Loranthaceae
Family
Santalaceae
Family
Aceraceae
Family
Hippocastanaceae
Family
Sapindaceae
Family
Staphyleaceae
Family
Droseraceae
Family
Crassulaceae
Family
Grossulariaceae
Family
Hydrangeaceae
Family
Saxifragaceae
Family
Bignoniaceae
Family
Globulariaceae
Family
Lentibulariaceae
Family
Martyniaceae
Family
Orobanchaceae
Family
Pedaliaceae
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Family
Elatinaceae
Family
Hypericaceae
Family
Thymelaeaceae
Family
Cannabaceae
Family
Moraceae
Family
Ulmaceae
Family
Urticaceae
Family
Begoniaceae
Family
Cistaceae
Family
Frankeniaceae
Family
Loasaceae
Family
Passifloraceae
Family
Tamaricaceae
Family
Violaceae
Family
Ephedraceae
Family
Equisetaceae
The purpose of the Florabank database is the aggregation of occurrences data gathered by volunteers and/or professional botanists in order to make the data available for nature conservation, policy and research.
biannually
Wouter Van Landuyt
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)Researcher
Kliniekstraat 25BrusselsBrussels Capital Region1070BELGIUM
wouter.vanlanduyt@inbo.be
All records are validated before they are added to Florabank. The basic reference for quality control is the Belgian atlas (VAN ROMPAEY & DELVOSALLE 1972). New data to be entered into the database are first submitted to a preliminary, automatic control. Observations pertaining to common species which were previously validated to occur in the neighbouring grid cells of 4 x 4 km squares over the last 35 years are automatically validated. Observations of species that are considered rare, or common species that have not been recorded in the neighbouring grid cells since 35 years are subjected to a manual control by experts. If the record concerns a location validated by other sources (e.g. recent herbarium specimens, peer reviewed papers) it is validated by the managers of the database, if not the observers can be asked to provide extra proof of their observation (e.g. herbarium specimens or photographs). Once an observation is validated (automatically or by the database manager) it can be considered for the validation of new observations.
The purpose of the Florabank database is the aggregation of occurrences data gathered by volunteers and/or professional botanists in order to make the data available for nature conservation, policy and research.
The spatial coverage of the territory has evolved through time. The data from the period before 1939 pertains mostly to herbarium specimens and reflects only part of the vascular plant composition of the region. From 1939 onwards most observations are collected using a standardized protocol based on the methodology used for the Atlas of the flora of Belgium and Luxemburg (VAN ROMPAEY & DELVOSALLE 1972). The atlas area is covered by a grid of 4 x 4 Km squares, which is further subdivided into 1 x 1 Km squares. All species observed during a visit to a grid cell of 1 km² were recorded without distinguishing between common or rare species. In each 4 x 4 km square, more than one 1 km² squares were surveyed. The inventories dating from the period 1939-1971 fed the Atlas of the flora of Belgium and Luxemburg (VAN ROMPAEY & DELVOSALLE 1972) (figure 2), while those from 1972-2004 served to produce that by VAN LANDUYT et al. (2006) (figure 3). During the first period (figure 2) only one survey of 1km² in each grid of 4 x 4km was required, during the second period we attempted to obtain data from at least four 1 km² grids in each grid of 4x4 km. From 2005 onwards we continued to gather data using the same protocol.
All records are validated.
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Van Landuyt, W., Vanhecke, L., Hoste, I., & Bauwens, D. (2011) Do the distribution patterns of vascular plant species correspond to biogeographical classifications based on environmental data? A case study from northern Belgium. Landscape and Urban Planning, 99, 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.08.020
Van Landuyt, W., Hoste, I., & Vanhecke, L. (2007) Evolution générale de la flora de Flandre (Belgique) entre 1939-1971 et 1972-2004: évaluation des changements en tenant compte de l'intensité d'inventaire. L.A.S.E.R., Actes du colloque GEOFLORE 2007, 2007, 119-123.
Hoste, I.; Van Landuyt, W.; Verloove, F. (2006). Landschap en flora in beweging, 19de en 20ste eeuw, in: Van Landuyt, W. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Atlas van de flora van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Gewest. pp. 45-67
Van Landuyt, W. (2009) Measuring invasive speed of alien plant species using data from a general mapping program in the north of Belgium. Book of abstracts, 2nd European Congres of Conservation Biology p. 147. Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Science.
Vanhecke, L.; Hoste, I. (2006). Met vallen en opstaan: het verhaal van de tweede kartering, 1972-2004, in: Van Landuyt, W. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Atlas van de flora van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Gewest. pp. 14-31
Van Landuyt, W.; de Beer, D. (2009). Planten, in: Beckers, K. et al. (Ed.) (2009). Een gericht natuurbeleid voor de prioritaire soorten in de provincie Antwerpen. pp. 25-64
Van Landuyt, W.; Vanhecke, L.; Hoste, I. (2006). Rode Lijst van de vaatplanten van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, in: Van Landuyt, W. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Atlas van de flora van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Gewest. pp. 69-81,
Honnay, O., Piessens, K., Van Landuyt, W., Hermy, M., & Gulinck, H. (2003) Satellite based land use and landscape complexity indices as predictors for regional plant species diversity. Landscape and Urban Planning, 63, 241-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00194-9
Van Landuyt, W.; Vanhecke, L.; Hoste, I. (2006). Verzameling en verwerking van de basisgegevens, in: Van Landuyt, W. et al. (Ed.) (2006). Atlas van de flora van Vlaanderen en het Brussels Gewest. pp. 33-42
Louette, G., Adriaens, D., Adriaens, P., Anselin, A., Devos, K., Sannen, K., Van Landuyt, W., Paelinckx, D., & Hoffmann, M. (2011) Bridging the gap between the Natura 2000 regional conservation status and local conservation objectives. Journal for Nature Conservation, 17 (4), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2011.02.001
Maes, D., Bauwens, D., De Bruyn, L., Anselin, A., Vermeersch, G., Van Landuyt, W., De Knijf, G., & Gilbert, M. (2005) Species richness coincidence: conservation strategies based on predictive modelling. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 1345-1364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-004-9662-x
Schneiders, A., Van Daele, T., Van Landuyt W., & Van Reeth, W. (2011) Biodiversity and ecosystem services: Complementary approaches for ecosystem management? Ecological Indicators. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.021
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Van Landuyt, W., Vanhecke, L., Hoste, I., Hendrickx, F., & Bauwens, D. (2008) Changes in the distribution area of vascular plants in Flanders (northern Belgium): eutrophication as a major driving force. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17, 3045-3060.
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