EDP Baixo Sabor: Construction and Reservoir Filling Phases – Vascular Flora and Habitats: species of conservation concern (RELAPE) - [2010-2014]

Study Extent

The data were collected in a variable number of 1x1 km squares (range: 136-142, depending on the year and/or season) in the lower Sabor river valley, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros.

Sampling

Sampling was designed to cover the whole valley of the lower Sabor river. Plant inventories were performed at each 1x1 km square, one per season (spring, summer, autumn and winter), encompassing between 10-12 work-days per season. Each selected 1x1 km square was exhaustively surveyed for the presence of any of the target species. Only records of presence/absence of each species were included in this dataset. Most species were identified “in loco” although, in some cases, samples were collected to further identification in the laboratory. The nomenclature is mostly in accordance with Flora Ibérica (Castroviejo et al., 1986-2009) for the species in the volumes already published and for Nova Flora de Portugal (Franco, 1971, 1984; Franco & Rocha Afonso, 1994, 1998 and 2003) for the remaining species.

Quality Control

All individual identifications were performed by qualified technicians. In some cases the synonymy was changed since the sampling events, so a specific collumn with the accepted synonimy was added to reflect this.

Method steps

1. To be completed

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 3 classes, 13 orders, 17 families, 23 genus and 29 species or infra-specific categories.

1. Tracheophyta
   rank: phylum
2. Liliopsida
   rank: class
3. Magnoliopsida
   rank: class
4. Polypodiopsida
   rank: class
5. Asparagales
   rank: order
6. Poales
   rank: order
7. Apiales
   rank: order
8. Asterales
   rank: order
9. Brassicales
   rank: order
10. Buxales
    rank: order
11. Caryophyllales
    rank: order
12. Ericales
    rank: order
13. Fabales
    rank: order
14. Gentianales
    rank: order
15. Lamiales
    rank: order
16. Rosales
    rank: order
17. Polypodiales
    rank: order
18. Amaryllidaceae
    rank: family
19. Aspargaceae
    rank: family
20. Poaceae
    rank: family
21. Apiaceae
    rank: family
22. Asteraceae
    rank: family
23. Brassicaceae
    rank: family
24. Resedaceae
    rank: family
25. Buxaceae
    rank: family
26. Caryophyllaceae
    rank: family
27. Primulaceae
    rank: family
28. Fabaceae
    rank: family
29. Rubiaceae
    rank: family
30. Oleaceae
    rank: family
31. Plantaginaceae
    rank: form
32. Scrophulariaceae
    rank: family
33. Rosaceae
    rank: family
34. Pteridaceae
    rank: family

Data were collected along the lower Sabor river valley and its main tributaries, in a variable number of sampling locations (1x1 km squares) representative of the local distribution areas of the selected species of conservation concern, from the river mouth up to 42 km upstream, in the municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo, Alfândega da Fé, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros.