Botanical Web Portal

Mappings • NatureWeb - Austrian networking initiative for scientific collections, distribution data, and mapping projects. Database with (Austrian) meta data. (German) • Database of European Forest and Vegetation Maps - Contains vegetation maps and information about several mapping projects. Clicking on «enter» in the search mask without any additional settings returns a complete list (240 entries). European Forest Institutes. (English) • Global Biodiversity - BIOMAPS - Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources. By W. Barthlott und J. Mutke, Bonn. (English)

Mappings: Habitats • Habitat Maps Switzerland - Far more than 100 digital habitat maps for Switzerland in a 1 km2 grid which are based on areal statistics, vegetation mappings, and bioclimatic maps. (English, German) • Biotope Mapping in Bavaria - Extensive, clearly presented meta data. Map examples. (German)

Mappings: Flowering Plants • Atlas Florae Europaeae - Project running since 1965 to map the European flora. Map examples. Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki. (English) • Vascular Plants Database (Germany) - Collection and synthesis of distribution data of vascular plants in the individual federal states. Head office of the floristic mapping of Germany. With software FLOREIN and LITFAS. (German) • Swiss Web Flora - Distribution maps of the Swiss vascular plants («Floristic Mapping of Switzerland»). 2,600 distribution maps. (English, French, German, Italian) • Centre of the Swiss Floristic Network - Databases and other ressources about the Swiss flora. Among others mappings of rare species. (French, German) • Digital Flora of Salzburg - Distribution maps of all vascular plants. (German) • Orchid Mapping - Instructions for mapping work. (German)

Mappings: Mosses, Lichens, Fungi • Austrian Moss Mapping - Part of the «Digital Flora of Salzburg». With distribution maps. (German) • Fungi Mapping in Switzerland - Inventory project on the native mycoflora of the «Swiss Mycological Society». (German) • Ecological Fungi Mapping - Project information of the «German Mycological Society». (German)

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