Repository details

VegBank

Name of repository
VegBank
Additional name(s)
  • The Vegetation Plot Archive Project
Repository URL
https://vegbank.org/
Subject(s)
Description
VegBank is the vegetation plot database of the Ecological Society of America's Panel on Vegetation Classification. VegBank consists of three linked databases that contain the actual plot records, vegetation types recognized in the U.S. National Vegetation Classification and other vegetation types submitted by users, and all plant taxa recognized by ITIS/USDA as well as all other plant taxa recorded in plot records. Vegetation records, community types and plant taxa may be submitted to VegBank and may be subsequently searched, viewed, annotated, revised, interpreted, downloaded, and cited. VegBank receives its data from the VegBank community of users.
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository size
142.467 plots; 387.011 plant concepts; 49.233 community concepts
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://vegbank.org/?tab=Getting%20Started
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • serviceProvider

Dates

Started
2003

Institutions (6)

Institution name
Ecological Society of America, Panel on Vegetation Classification
Additional name(s)
  • ESA Panel on Vegetation Classification
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2003
Institution name
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Additional name(s)
  • NCEAS
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2003
Institution name
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2003
Institution name
NatureServe
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2003
Institution name
US Federal Geographic Data Committee
Additional name(s)
  • FGDC
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2003
Institution name
US Geological Survey
Additional name(s)
  • USGS
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2003

Funding (1)

Funder name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
CrossrefFunderID
100006238

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (1)

Data license
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Uploading plot data with vegbankr
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
no
Data citation guideline
https://vegbank.org/?tab=Citing%20Data
Enhanced publication
yes
Quality management
no

Application programming interfaces (1)

Type
REST
Url
https://nceas.github.io/vegbank2/api/

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
FGDC/CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)

Remarks

Entry date
2012-10-25
Last update
2026-04-27
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re3data.org: VegBank; editing status 2026-04-27; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3GK5W last accessed: 2026-05-11