Vascular Plants of Latorica River Basin (Transcarpathian region, Ukraine)

Study Extent

The study area is situated in Latorica river basin from 48.360N-22.590E to 48.750N-23.170E (coordinates in decimal degree) located in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Transcarpathian region of Western Ukraine. The area is a typical mountain landscape with altitudes from 100 to 1600 m a.s.l. Data sampling was performed in 2012-2013.

Sampling

The data were collected in accordance with the standart methodological approaches in the vegetation plots in the range of 25-100 m2 with records of the full floristic composition and cover of each species in %. The database is stored in the Turboweg program environment.

Quality Control

The author is fully responsible for the quality of data provided within the dataset.

Method steps

1. Field expeditions with making geobotanical descriptions.
2. Georeferencing.
3. Organizing of dataset according to DarwinCore requirements.

The dataset consists of findings of plant species exclusively.

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum

The study area is situated in Latorica river basin from 48.360N-22.590E to 48.750N-23.170E (coordinates in decimal degree) located in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Transcarpathian region of Western Ukraine. The area is a typical mountain landscape with altitudes from 100 to 1600 m a.s.l. and includes the Transcarpathian lowland (100–200 m), lower mountain (200–400 m), middle mountain (400–800 m), upper mountain (800–1200 m), and subalpine (1100–1600) zones with geologically old soils.