INBOVEG - Vegetation surveys to evaluate the local conservation status (LSVI) of habitat type 3260 (Ranunculion fluitantis & Callitricho-Batrachion) in Flanders, Belgium

Sampling event
Latest version published by Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) on Sept 18, 2026 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Publication date:
18 September 2026
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

This dataset comprises aquatic vegetation surveys conducted across Flemish watercourses from the summer of 2015 onward. The primary objective is to define the Local Conservation Status (LCS or LSVI in Dutch) of Natura 2000 habitat type 3260 (Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation) in Flanders (northern Belgium). The surveys followed a standardized protocol, recording aquatic vegetation and its coverage using a modified Tansley scale across 100-meter segments (Leyssen et al. 2005, Leyssen 2017). Where segment width was recorded, total sampled surface area was calculated and mapped to the Darwin Core (dwc) 'sampleSize' data fields. Although site selection was based on the distribution of the habitat type, typical species for habitat type 3260 were not observed at every location. Presence of the habitat type is noted in the dwc ‘habitat’ data field. Using standardized evaluation criteria (Oosterlynck et al. 2020), the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) integrates these survey data to evaluate habitat quality and conservation trends in Flanders (Vanden Borre et al. 2025) for periodic reporting under the EU Habitats Directive.This dataset comes from INBOVEG, the Flemish vegetation database, also part of the Global Index of Vegetation-plot databases (GIV) and the European Vegetation Archive. This GBIF dataset contains the same data as in INBOVEG: its relevant GIV identification code is IV2016110814174836 (HT3260).To allow anyone to use this dataset, we have released the data to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). We would appreciate it however, if you would follow these norms for data use (http://www.inbo.be/en/norms-for-data-use) and provide a link to the original dataset whenever possible. If you use these data for a scientific paper, please cite the dataset (https://doi.org/10.15468/sbyhsn) following the applicable citation norms and/or consider us for co-authorship. We are always interested to know how you have used or visualized the data, or to provide more information, so please contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata, or opendata@inbo.be.

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 331 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Event (core)
331
Occurrence 
7252

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Leyssen A, Scheers K, Smeekens V, Cooleman S (2026). INBOVEG - Vegetation surveys to evaluate the local conservation status (LSVI) of habitat type 3260 (Ranunculion fluitantis & Callitricho-Batrachion) in Flanders, Belgium. Version 1.2. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-ht3260-events&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: ec2748b6-83a2-471b-bf89-7e5bffb8a79a.  Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Belgian Biodiversity Platform.

Keywords

Samplingevent; Natura 2000; Habitat type 3260; Flanders

Contacts

An Leyssen
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Kevin Scheers
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Vincent Smeekens
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE
Stijn Cooleman
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) / Belgian Biodiversity Platform
BE
Sophie Vermeersch
  • Point Of Contact
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
BE

Geographic Coverage

Flanders, Belgium

Bounding Coordinates South West [50.68, 2.54], North East [51.51, 5.92]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2015-06-18 / 2024-09-18

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Leyssen A., Adriaens P., Denys L., Packet J., Schneiders A., Van Looy K. & Vanhecke L. (2005). Toepassing van verschillende biologische beoordelingssystemen op Vlaamse potentiële interkalibratielocaties overeenkomstig de Europese Kaderrichtlijn Water – partim “Macrofyten”. Rapport van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud; Vol. 5. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, Brussel. https://pureportal.inbo.be/nl/publications/toepassing-van-verschillende-biologische-beoordelingssystemen-op-/
  2. Leyssen, A. (2017). Vegetatieopname en LSVI-bepaling van habitat 3260. Procedure SVP-403. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. https://inbo.github.io/protocols/2023.05/index.html https://inbo.github.io/protocols/2023.05/index.html
  3. Oosterlynck P., De Saeger S., Leyssen A., Provoost S., Thomaes A., Vandevoorde B., Wouters J. & Paelinckx D. (2020). Criteria voor de beoordeling van de lokale staat van instandhouding van de Natura 2000-habitattypen, versie 3.0. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; Nr. 27. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.14061248 https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.14061248
  4. Vanden Borre J., Westra T., Vandevoorde B., Provoost S., Leyssen A., De Saeger S., Oosterlynck P., Thomaes A. & Carmen R. (2025). Regionale staat van instandhouding voor de habitattypen van de habitatrichtlijn. Rapportageperiode 2019 ‐ 2024. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; Nr. 71. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.135133190 https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.135133190

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers ec2748b6-83a2-471b-bf89-7e5bffb8a79a
https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-ht3260-events