Movhera Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases – Vascular Flora and Habitats: species from prioritary conservation habitats - [2021-2023]

Study Extent

The data were collected in 184 sites in the lower Sabor river valley, some of its tributaries from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros.

Sampling

Sampling was designed to cover the whole valley of the lower Sabor river and some of its tributaries, according to the specific target (natural communities or areas of intervention). Plant inventories were performed at each site, once per season, depending on the respective flowering period, from April to June, encompassing beetween 14 and 20 work-days. They were carried out on samples of variable size, depending on its stratification (ie, the number of strata) and its linearity (riparian galleries are linear structures). In this way, samples from natural areas (holm-oak and cork-oak communities) and in disturbed/intervened areas (exotic-dominated communities, work fronts, landscape recovery areas and reservoir margins) were of 400 m2 (20x20 m), whereas those of boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) and riparian galeries, of 100 m2 (50x2m) irrespectively of the type of area. The entire floristic list was listed up to the taxonomic category of species or subspecies, and through visual estimates a degree of coverage was assigned to each cast member, in percentage. These data were used in the calculation of several structure and composition parameters (not recorded in this dataset, which deals only with the plant inventories. Coverage estimates are presented up to the minimum area equivalent to 1% (i.e. 4 m2 in plots of 20 m x 20 m and 1 m2 in those measuring 50 m x 2 m) and take a standard minimum value of 0.5% when the cover is less than 1%. Specimens of doubtful identification were collected and pressed between two sheets of paper for later identification and deposit in the Herbarium of Vila Real (HVR -according to Index Herbariorum codes -Thiers, 2010). A list was kept of all species RELAPE, as well as of invasive/infestant species in each inventory.

Quality Control

All individual identifications were performed by qualified technicians. In some cases the synonymy was changed since the sampling events, so a specific column with the accepted synonimy was added to reflect this.

Method steps

1. To be completed

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 4 classes, 42 orders, 97 families, 424 genus and 754 species or infra-specific categories.

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom
2. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
3. Liliopsida
   rank: class
4. Magnoliopsida
   rank: class
5. Pinopsida
   rank: class
6. Polypodiopsida
   rank: class
7. Alismatales
   rank: order
8. Asparagales
   rank: order
9. Apiales
   rank: order
10. Asparagales
    rank: order
11. Asterales
    rank: order
12. Boraginales
    rank: order
13. Brassicales
    rank: order
14. Buxales
    rank: order
15. Caryophyllales
    rank: order
16. Celastrales
    rank: order
17. Ceratophyllales
    rank: order
18. Commelinales
    rank: order
19. Cornales
    rank: order
20. Cucurbitales
    rank: order
21. Dioscoreales
    rank: order
22. Dipsacales
    rank: order
23. Equisetales
    rank: order
24. Ericales
    rank: order
25. Fabales
    rank: order
26. Fagales
    rank: order
27. Gentianales
    rank: order
28. Geraniales
    rank: order
29. Lamiales
    rank: order
30. Laurales
    rank: order
31. Malpighiales
    rank: order
32. Malvales
    rank: order
33. Myrtales
    rank: order
34. Oxalidales
    rank: order
35. Osmundales
    rank: order
36. Piperales
    rank: order
37. Pinales
    rank: order
38. Poales
    rank: order
39. Polypodiales
    rank: order
40. Ranunculales
    rank: order
41. Rosales
    rank: order
42. Santalales
    rank: order
43. Sapindales
    rank: order
44. Saxifragales
    rank: order
45. Sentalales
    rank: order
46. Solanales
    rank: order
47. Vitales
    rank: order
48. Zygophyllales
    rank: order
49. Alismataceae
    rank: family
50. Amaranthaceae
    rank: family
51. Amaryllidaceae
    rank: family
52. Anacardiaceae
    rank: family
53. Apiaceae
    rank: family
54. Apocynaceae
    rank: family
55. Araceae
    rank: family
56. Araliaceae
    rank: family
57. Aristolochiaceae
    rank: family
58. Asparagaceae
    rank: family
59. Asphodelaceae
    rank: family
60. Aspleniaceae
    rank: family
61. Asteraceae
    rank: family
62. Athyriaceae
    rank: family
63. Betulaceae
    rank: family
64. Boraginaceae
    rank: family
65. Brassicaceae
    rank: family
66. Buxaceae
    rank: family
67. Campanulaceae
    rank: family
68. Cannabaceae
    rank: family
69. Caprifoliaceae
    rank: family
70. Caryophillaceae
    rank: family
71. Celastraceae
    rank: family
72. Ceratophyllaceae
    rank: family
73. Cistaceae
    rank: family
74. Cleomaceae
    rank: family
75. Commelinaceae
    rank: family
76. Convolvulaceae
    rank: family
77. Cornaceae
    rank: family
78. Crassulaceae
    rank: family
79. Cucurbitaceae
    rank: family
80. Cupressaceae
    rank: family
81. Cyperaceae
    rank: family
82. Cystopteridaceae
    rank: family
83. Dennstaedtiaceae
    rank: family
84. Dioscoreaceae
    rank: family
85. Dryopteridaceae
    rank: family
86. Equisetaceae
    rank: family
87. Ericaceae
    rank: family
88. Euphorbiaceae
    rank: family
89. Fabaceae
    rank: family
90. Fagaceae
    rank: family
91. Gentianaceae
    rank: family
92. Geraniaceae
    rank: family
93. Heliotropiaceae
    rank: family
94. Hypericaceae
    rank: family
95. Iridaceae
    rank: family
96. Juglandaceae
    rank: family
97. Juncaceae
    rank: family
98. Lamiaceae
    rank: family
99. Lauraceae
    rank: family
100. Linaceae
     rank: family
101. Lythraceae
     rank: family
102. Malvaceae
     rank: family
103. Montiaceae
     rank: family
104. Moraceae
     rank: family
105. Oleaceae
     rank: family
106. Onagraceae
     rank: family
107. Orchidaceae
     rank: family
108. Orobanchaceae
     rank: family
109. Osmundaceae
     rank: family
110. Oxalidaceae
     rank: family
111. Paeniaceae
     rank: family
112. Papaveraceae
     rank: family
113. Phytolaccaceae
     rank: family
114. Pinaceae
     rank: family
115. Plantaginaceae
     rank: family
116. Plumbaginaceae
     rank: family
117. Poaceae
     rank: family
118. Polygonaceae
     rank: family
119. Portulacaceae
     rank: family
120. Primulaceae
     rank: family
121. Pteridaceae
     rank: family
122. Ranunculaceae
     rank: family
123. Resedaceae
     rank: family
124. Rhamnaceae
     rank: family
125. Rosaceae
     rank: family
126. Rosedaceae
     rank: family
127. Rubiaceae
     rank: family
128. Rutaceae
     rank: family
129. Salicaceae
     rank: family
130. Santalaceae
     rank: family
131. Sapindaceae
     rank: family
132. Saxifragaceae
     rank: family
133. Scrophulariaceae
     rank: family
134. Simaroubaceae
     rank: family
135. Solanaceae
     rank: family
136. Thesiaceae
     rank: family
137. Thymelaeaceae
     rank: family
138. Typhaceae
     rank: family
139. Ulmaceae
     rank: family
140. Urticaceae
     rank: family
141. Verbenaceae
     rank: family
142. Viburnaceae
     rank: family
143. Violaceae
     rank: family
144. Vitaceae
     rank: family
145. Zygophyllaceae
     rank: family

Data were collected along the lower Sabor river valley and its main tributaries, in a variable number of sampling locations representative of the selected communities of conservation relevance, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros.