Alaska Vegetation Plots Database – Alaska Vegetation Plots Database (AKVEG) is a data repository for ecological and vegetation survey data from extensive, ground-based projects across Alaska.

Database Resources

The Alaska Vegetation Plots Database (AKVEG) is an open source repository of plot data from spatially explicit, extensive, ground-based vegetation studies and ecological monitoring surveys. Data focus on vegetation composition, vegetation structure, environment, and soils. Data are reported at the site level except where otherwise noted. A map of sites included in the database and a table showing the current database status are below. The AKVEG database is maintained by the Alaska Center for Conservation Science with cooperation and support from the Alaska Vegetation Technical Working Group, federal and state agencies, and University of Alaska.

The AKVEG database and this web interface are currently under construction and thus are incomplete. Data are accessible through query tools on this site for project, site, foliar cover, vegetation heights (under construction), environment, ground cover (under construction), and soils (under construction). For programmatic access, you can also download the database or access the server-hosted database under read only credentials (under construction). Metadata fields are included with the data tables. Additional metadata are available in our data dictionary (under construction). For further help using the AKVEG database, please see our help section (under construction).

Taxonomic Standard

The core of the AKVEG database is a comprehensive synonymized checklist for vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens of Alaska that includes links to the name source and is cross-referenced with existing U.S. Federal taxonomic databases. You can explore the checklists using the buttons below. Because the vascular plant checklist is integrated with the new Flora of Alaska project, please refer to that site for further information on the vascular plants. The synonymized checklist forms a taxonomic standard that reconciles names applied across time and by different groups.