ArgVeg – Database of Central Argentina

PALCHETTI, M.V.

Vegetation Classification and Survey

International Association for Vegetation Science

Año: 2022 vol. 3 p. 223 - 223

he ArgVeg is a repository of vegetation-plots data registered in the Global Index of Vegetation Databases (GIVD ID:SA-AR-002). This report presents its main characteristics, potential uses, and future perspectives. In September 2022, the database contained 1092 vegetation-plot records, including 1184 valid native and non-native vascular plants. The database covers the main vegetation types of nine vegetation units of the Chaco, Espinal and Pampean phytogeographicprovinces in central Argentina. Those types include native forests, shrublands, grasslands, halophytic vegetation and non-native woody communities present in either lowlands or mountain areas. This database represents a significant improvement in the availability of floristic information from subtropical and warm temperate areas in South America, which still represents a major knowledge gap worldwide. ArgVeg reflects the outstanding plant diversity of central Argentina and it is managed by the Plant Ecology and Phytogeography