INBOVEG - Vegetation surveys to map the distribution 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 21, 2026 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
Publication date:
21 September 2026
License:
CC0 1.0

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Description

This dataset comprises aquatic vegetation surveys conducted across Flemish water courses during the summers of 2006 to 2009. The primary objective was to map the spatial distribution 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). These plant inventories are conducted in water courses with previous indications of typical species of the habitat type (Leyssen et al. 2020). Where no typical species occurred, only presence of species was registered. If typical species were found, the aquatic vegetation list was enhanced with cover estimates using a modified Tansley scale (Leyssen et al. 2005, Leyssen 2017). Integrated into reports by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), these data delineate the spatial distribution of habitat type 3260 (Leyssen et al. 2020, De Saeger et al. 2025) to support 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 IV2024011009555776 (HT3260_Inventarisatie).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/v7s4a9) 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 1,152 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)
1152
Occurrence 
6606

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

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Leyssen A, Cooleman S (2026). INBOVEG - Vegetation surveys to map the distribution of habitat type 3260 (Ranunculion fluitantis & Callitricho-Batrachion) in Flanders, Belgium. Version 1.5. Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). Samplingevent dataset. https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-ht3260-inventarisatie-events&v=1.5

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: d97a0672-26d7-4118-b2d5-55b296039346.  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; Natura2000; Habitat type 3260; Flanders

Contacts

An Leyssen
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • 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 2006-06-20 / 2009-09-17

Bibliographic Citations

  1. De Saeger S., de Bruyn A., Dhaluin P., Erens R., Guelinckx R., Hennebel D., Jacobs I., Kumpen M., Van Oost F., Cool R., Spanhove T., Leyssen A., Van Dam G. & Wils C. (2025). Biologische Waarderingskaart en Natura 2000 Habitatkaart, uitgave 2025. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; Nr. 38. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.129502912 https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.129502912
  2. 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-/
  3. 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
  4. Leyssen A., Smeekens V. & Denys L. (2020). Indicatieve situering van het Natura 2000 habitattype 3260. Submontane en laaglandrivieren met vegetaties behorend tot het Ranunculion fluitantis en het Callitricho-Batrachion. Uitgave 2020 (versie 1.7). Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur-en Bosonderzoek; Nr. 34. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, Brussel. https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.18903609 https://doi.org/10.21436/inbor.18903609

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers d97a0672-26d7-4118-b2d5-55b296039346
https://ipt.inbo.be/resource?r=inboveg-ht3260-inventarisatie-events