Dutch Vegetation Database

Stephan Hennekens

doi:10.15468/ksqxep

Dutch Vegetation Database

Citation

Hennekens S (2018). Dutch Vegetation Database. Wageningen Environmental Research. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ksqxep accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.

Description

The Dutch Vegetation Database (LVD) hosts information on all plant communities in the Netherlands. This archive consists of over 675.000 recent and historic vegetation descriptions. The data provide information on more than 90 years of vegetation recording in various habitats covering terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems from natural, semi-natural as well as cultural landscapes.

Purpose

The Dutch Vegetation Database (LVD) is used for many different purposes, e.g. vegetation classification, species trend analysis, providing distribution maps of plant communities and Natura 2000 habitat types. Part of the database (180.000 plots) is included in the European Vegetation Database (EVA; http://euroveg.org/eva-database).

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

The location of plots having at least one threatened species listed on the Dutch Red list have been obscured to a level of 5x5 km squares.

Taxonomic Coverages

The Dutch Vegetation Database (LVD) covers vascular plants, stoneworts, mosses and lichens. In only few cases algae and mushrooms have been recorded.

Plantae
rank: kingdom
Algae
rank: unranked

Geographic Coverages

The Netherlands

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Stephan Hennekens
originator
position: Scientific researcher
Alterra, Wageningen UR
NL
email: stephan.hennekens@wur.nl

Stephan Hennekens
metadata author
Alterra, Wageningen UR
NL
email: stephan.hennekens@wur.nl

Stephan Hennekens
administrative point of contact
Alterra, Wageningen UR
NL
email: stephan.hennekens@wur.nl