Check List Example for Vegetation recording (sheet for six relevees):

Name of scientist: / HK / TY / HK / HK / HK / HK
Vegetation-Relevee - No: / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
YEAR: 1989 DATE: / 24.04. / 24.04 / 25.04. / 25.04 / 28.04. / 28.04
Location: / Longitude: / cf. Kehl 1998
Latitude:
Exposition / Inclination %: / N-35 / SW-40 / NW-25 / S-45 / NNW-20 / N-40
Altitude a.s.l. in m: / 500 / 950 / 1550 / 1590 / 500 / 505
Geology: / Ophio. / lime-stone / sand-stone / sand-stone / ophio. / ophio.
Soil-Profile: / 453 / 654 / 34 / 12 / 897 / 65
Soil-Type: / cf. Kehl 1998
Sample - Size: / 150 / 150 / 150 / 150 / 150 / 150
Climate conditions: / cf. Kehl 1998
Layer / Coverage in %:
> 400 cm - I / 70 / 50 / 60 / 40 / 70 / 60
150 - 400 cm - II / 20 / 30 / 30 / 50 / 50
50 - 150 cm - III / <5 / <10 / <10 / <10 / <10
10 - 50 cm - IV / 25 / <10 / 25 / <10 / <10
< 10 cm - V / 22 / 10 / <5 / <1 / <1 / <1
Remarks: / Pinus brutia - forest / Qu.cerris - Carp. orientalis - mixed forest / Fagus orientalis - forest with Pinus nigra / Fagus orientalis - mixed forest / Pinus brutia - forest / Pinus brutia - forest
Names of species:
Layer > 400: / I / I / I / I / I / I
Pinus brutia / 4/fl/fr *1 / - / - / - / 4/fl / 4/fl/fr
Hedera helix / 1/v / - / - / - / +/v / -
Smilax aspera / +/fr / +/v / - / - / - / -
Quercus cerris / r/v / 2/v / - / 3/fl / 1/v / 1/v
Carpinus orientalis / r/v / 2/v / - / - / - / -
Styrax officinalis / r/v / 2/fr / - / - / 1/fr / +/fr
Quercus coccifera / - / +/v / - / - / - / -
Laurus nobilis / - / +/v / - / - / - / -
Crataegus monogyna / - / +/fr / - / - / - / -
Cercis siliquastrum / - / +/fr / - / - / +/fr / -
Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana / - / - / 1/fr / +/v / - / -
Fagus orientalis / - / - / 5/v / 5/v / - / -
Abies cilicica / - / - / r/kn / - / - / -
Quercus petraea / - / - / - / r/v / - / -
Pistacia terebinthus / - / - / - / - / 1/fr / r/fr
Fraxinus ornus ssp. / - / - / - / - / - / r/v
Sorbus torminalis / - / - / - / - / - / +/v
Quercus infectoria ssp. / - / - / - / - / - / (r/v)
Arbutus andrachne / - / - / - / - / - / (+/fr)
150 - 400 cm / II / II / II / II / II / II
Quercus infectoria / +/v *1 / - / - / - / - / -
Quercus cerris / +/v / r/v / - / 2/v / 1/v / 2/v
Styrax officinalis / +/bl / 3/kn / - / - / +/fr / +/fr
Pistacia terebinthus / r/v / - / - / - / +/fr / +/fr
Arbutus andrachne / r/v / - / - / -
Cotinus cogygria / r/fr / - / - / - / r/fr / -
Quercus coccifera / (r/v) / +/v / - / - / - / -
Carpinus orientalis / +/v / +/v / - / - / r/v / (r/v)
Cercis siliquastrum / r/fr / +/fl / - / - / - / r/fr
Fraxinus ornus ssp. ornus / - / r/v / r/v / - / - / r/v
Clematis vitalba / - / r/v / - / - / - / -
Fagus orientalis / - / - / 1/v / - / - / -
Pinus nigra ssp. / - / - / - / +/v
Myrtus communis / - / - / - / - / +/v / r/v
Smilax excelsa / - / - / - / - / +/fr / +/fr
Sorbus torminalis / - / - / - / - / - / +/v
50 - 150 cm / III / III / III / III / III / III
Styrax officinalis / +/v *1 / 1/kn / +/v / +/v
Smilax aspera / +/v / - / - / -
Quercus cerris / +/v / r/v / 1/v / +/v / 1/v
Phillyrea latifolia / r/v / - / +/v / -
Arbutus andrachne / r/v / - / ++/v / r/v
Fraxinus ornus ssp. / r/v / - / - / +/v
Myrtus communis / r/v / - / - / 2/v
Laurus nobilis / r/v / r/v / 1/v
Quercus coccifera / r/v / - / -
Fagus orientalis / +/v / - / -
Pinus nigra ssp. / +/v / +/v / - / -
Quercus infectoria / r/v / - / r/v
Pteridium aquilinum / 1/v / 1/v
Crataegus monogyna / 1/v / -
Sorbus torminalis / r/v / +/v
Cercis siliquastrum / r/v
10 - 50 cm / VI / VI / VI / VI / VI / VI
Cephalanthera longifolia / +/fl *1 / - / - / r/fl / - / -
Smilax aspera / 1/v / +/v / - / - / - / r/v
Asparagus tenuifolius / +/v / r/v / - / - / +/v / -
Coronilla emeroides / r/v / - / - / - / - / -
Crataegus monogyna / r/v / r/v / - / - / - / -
Asplenium onopteris / r/v / - / - / r/v / - / -
Melica eligulata / +/fl / +/v / - / - / 1/fr / 1/fl
Quercus cerris / +/ypl / 1/v / - / 1/v / - / -
Dactylis glomerata / r/kn
Ruscus aculeatus / 1/v / 2/v / - / - / 2/v / -
Eryngium falcatum / +/v / - / - / - / +/v / +/v
Polypodium australe / - / 2/v
Laurus nobilis / - / r/v / - / - / - / -
Styrax officinalis / - / +/v
Carpinus orientalis / - / 1/v / - / r/v
Clematis vitalba / - / +/v
Hedera helix / - / r/v / - / - / 1/v
Cornus mas / - / r/v / - / - / - / -
Cercis siliquastrum / +/v / r/v
Sorbus torminalis / +/v / +/v
Quercus infectoria / - / +/v / r/v / +/v / - / r/v
Pistacia terebinthus / - / +/v / r/v
Pinus nigra ssp. / +/v / +/v
Fraxinus ornus / r/v
Arabis sagitata / +/fl/fr
Luzula forsteri / +/fr / 1/v
Tanacetum cilicicum / +/fr / +/v
Sophora jaubertii / +/v
Hypericum perforatum / +/v
Festuca drymeia / +/v / +/v
Dorycnium graecum / r/v
Cephalanthera longifolia / r/v
Myrtus communis / +/v / 1/v
Cotinus coggygria / +/v / +/v
Spodiopogon pogonanthus / 1/v / 1/v
Carex tomentosa / +/v / +/v
Sorbus torminalis / r/v / 1/v
Stachys diversifolia / +/v
Centaurea ptosimopappa / r/v
Crepis reuteriana / +/fr
Eryngium falcatum / +/v
Laser trilobum / +/v
etc.
10 cm / V / V / V / V / V / V
Galium odoratum / +/v
Scilla melaina / 1/fr *1
Viola alba / +/v / +/v / +/fl
Hedera helix / +/v / +/v / r/v
Ruscus aculeatus / +/v / 2/v / 1/v
Sorbus torminalis / r/v
Quercus cerris / r/v
Coronilla emeroides / +/v
Salvia glutinosa / +/v
Cornus mas / +/v
Styrax officinalis / +/v
Asparagus tenuifolius / +/v
Cercis siliquastrum / +/v
Thlaspi ochroleucum / +/fr
Tanacetum cilicicum / +/v
Trifolium davisii / +/v / +/fl
Quercus cerris / +/v
etc.

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1st specification: Data onCover-Abundance-Classesaccording to BRAUN-BLANQUET (1964).

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2nd specification: Phenology():

v = vegetative

seedl. = seedling

young = young plant

fl = flowering

fr = fruiting

kn = buds