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Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps: Europe

Lists of online vegetation maps from website titled "Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps." These lists of links are no longer being actively maintained and are provided for archival purposes only.

Europe

Europe (see also Eurasia)

Europe

Atlas Florae Europaeae
Atlas of Genus Thalictrum
Botanish-Geographisch-Statistische Karte von Europa, 1840  (In: Dr. Heinrich Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, 1849)
Forest probability of Europe
Forest Proportion Maps of Europe
Global Ecological Zones Europe
Mountains and Mountain Forests Europe  (UNEP-WCMC)
North-Western Europe : Vegetation Zones
Northern Europe : Old Growth Forests
Present Potential Vegetation
Verbreitung der Wichtigsten Kultur-, Baum- und Strauchgewachse in Europa, 1839  (In: Dr. Heinrich Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, 1849)
Western Europe Temperate and Boreal Forest and Protected Areas  (Map 4. UNEP-WCMC)
Wilderness in Norway and Europe

Albania

Protected Areas and Conservation Hotspots in Albania

Alps

Areas Important for Flora in the Alps
GAP Analysis for Wilderness Areas
Preliminary Areas Important for the Different Taxa
Priority Conservation Areas According to the Biogeographic Subdivisions
Priority Conservation Areas According to the Natural Potential Vegetation
Protected Areas, IBA, Priority Conservation Areas

Austria

Land Use

Baltic Sea

Algal Bloom : Baltic Sea

Barents Sea Region

Protected Areas the Barents Region

Belgium

Pilot Atlas of genus Thalictrum L.

British Isles

British Isles -- Vegetation & Climate  (In: Times Survey Atlas of the World, 1922)

Czech Republic

Czech Republic : Potential Natural Vegetation
Czech Republic : Vegetation Types

England -- Hull

The Plants of Hull  (Includes plant distribution maps)

France

France Landcover / JRC Ispra  (Downloadable datasets in various formats -- in "Products" section)

Germany

Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen
Botanische Karte von Deutschland, 1841  (In: Dr. Heinrich Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, 1849)

Iceland

Greenland and Iceland Landcover / JRC Ispra
Iceland - Protected Areas

Italy

New Occurrences of Quercus crenata lam. from the Italian Prealps : Sinecology and Distribution in Northeastern Italy

Macedonia

Biodiversity and Protected Areas in Macedonia

Montenegro

[Vegetacijska Karta]

Norway

Wilderness in Norway 1900-1992
Wilderness in Norway and Europe

Poland

Atlas roslin naczyniowych Polski
Poland : Norway Spruce
Poland : Puszcza Biala Forest
[Species of Plants and Habitats in Polish Governmental Proposal of Natura 2000 Network]

Russia

Aggregated Vegetation Distribution in China, Russia and Mongolia
Atlas of Russia's Intact Forest Landscapes
Ecosystems of Russia
Central Russia Temperate and Boreal Forest and Protected Areas  (Map 2. UNEP-WCMC)
Eastern Russia and Alaska Temperate and Boreal Forest and Protected Areas  (Map 1. UNEP-WCMC)
Ecosystems in Northwest Russia
Mountains and Mountain Forests Europe Russian Federation  (UNEP-WCMC)
Potential land cover simulated by BIOME-LUC in China, Mongolia, and Russia
Russia : Southern Urals : Ecological Vegetation Map
Russian Old Growth Forests
Vegetation Distribution in Siberia
Western Russia Temperate and Boreal Forest and Protected Areas  (Map 3. UNEP-WCMC)

Scandinavia

Ecosystems of Scandinavia

Slovenia

Ecological Landscape Units of the Dobrepolje-Struge Karst
Natural CO2 Springs at Strmec (Redenci, Slovenia) : Vegetation
Vegetacijska karta gozdnih zdruzb Slovenije

Spain

Parque Natural Sierra de Cebollera
Proyecto Anthos: Sistema de informacíon sobre las plantas de España

- Spain -- Catalonia

Banc de dades de biodiversitat  (Includes distribution maps)

Sweden

Den virtuella floran  (Includes distribution maps)

Switzerland

Results of the First Swiss National Forest Inventory 1982-1986  (Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar Ergebnisse der Erstaufnahme 1982-1986)
Swiss Web Flora

Turkey

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Forest Covers Change: Human Impacts and Natural Disturbances in Bartin Forests, Northwest of Turkey

USSR (Former) / C.I.S.

Desertification in CIS Countries
Forest Regionalization / by S.F.Kurnaev
Global Ecological Zones, Former Soviet Union, Asian Part
Vegetation Map / by Sochava, corrected by Bazilevich
Vegetation map of USSR / Edited by Belov
Vegetation of the former USSR (1990)

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia : Major Natural Features, Biodiversity, and Protected Areas

Index

World & Regional Maps

  • World
  • Eurasia
  • Indian Ocean
  • Latin America
  • Middle East
  • Southern Hemisphere

Africa

Asia

  • Asia
  • Asia by Region
  • Asia by Country

Europe

  • Europe
  • Europe by Country and Region

Central America

  • Central America
  • Central America by Country
  • West Indies

South America

  • South America
  • Amazon Basin
  • South America by Country and Region

North America

Pacific

Arctic (Polar Regions)

Guide History

Original title of website: Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps

Compiled by Claire Englander (1996-2013).  Founding co-compiler Philip Hoehn (1996-2009).   With thanks to Phyllis Bischof, Ed Colijn, Rheal Coupal, John Creaser, Larry Cruse, Joe Dalton, Hugh Eva, Vic Fazio, Xavier Font Castell, Steve Glenn, Lawrence Hislop, Robert Hoare, Michael Jennings, Stephen Killeffer, Brian Klinkenberg, Raino Lampinen, Andrew Lillie, David MacDevette, Philippe Mayaux, Justin Moat, Jim Moore, Tom Owens, Scott Sundberg, Thomas A. Stone, Urs-Beat Brändli, Rob Waller, Hugh D.Wilson and George Wooten.

Maps are no longer being added to or deleted from these lists - the lists are maintained in this guide for archival purposes only.

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