Rieland Georg georg.rieland@ufz.de 0009-0008-6565-9320 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ UFZ http://www.ufz.de/ https://ror.org/000h6jb29 Scholz Mathias 0000-0002-8463-9500 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ UFZ http://www.ufz.de/ https://ror.org/000h6jb29 Engelmann Rolf A 0000-0003-0262-5410 Universität Leipzig https://www.uni-leipzig.de/ https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 Hartmann Timo Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ UFZ http://www.ufz.de/ https://ror.org/000h6jb29 Hecht Christian 0000-0002-4433-5692 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ UFZ http://www.ufz.de/ https://ror.org/000h6jb29 Henkel Stefanie 0000-0001-8108-3992 Universität Leipzig https://www.uni-leipzig.de/ https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 Kasperidus Hans D 0000-0003-0166-9833 Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ UFZ http://www.ufz.de/ https://ror.org/000h6jb29 Pruschitzki Ullrich Wirth Christian 0000-0003-2604-8056 Universität Leipzig https://www.uni-leipzig.de/ https://ror.org/03s7gtk40 Seele-Dilbat Carolin 2024 Tree inventory dataset of floodplain forest, Leipzig, Germany dataset https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968663 2024-10-14T06:41:24 Leipzig is the only major German city in which extensive hardwood floodplain forests have been preserved. At present, drying out and a lack of hydrodynamics pose the greatest challenges for the conservation of the floodplain landscape. Restoring typical floodplain hydrological conditions and habitats can sustainably safeguard biodiversity and numerous ecosystem services in the medium term. To this end, the Lebendige Luppe project aim to reactivate typical floodplain hydrodynamics with inundation over large areas, the restoration of old river courses and the conversion of intensively farmed areas into typical floodplain habitats. The Lebendige Luppe project, itself is a joint project of cities of Leipzig and Schkeuditz and the NABU Saxony as implementation partner and the University of Leipzig and the UFZ-Helmholtz Centre (Partner for accompanying natural and social science) (Scholz et al. 2022). The implemented and planned restoration measures are accompanied by long-term scientific monitoring (UFZ and Leipzig University). For this purpose, 60 permanent observation plots were set up in the area of the measures according to the BACI design (Before-After / Control-Impact), on which the diversity of selected indicator groups (vegetation, molluscs, ground beetles) as well as groundwater dynamics, water and material balance in the soil, carbon storage and forest growth are recorded (Scholz et al. 2022). By integrating further landscape ecology and nature conservation data, a comprehensive analysis of the status quo and the changes in site conditions, biodiversity and ecosystem functions of the floodplain resulting from the expected floodplain dynamisation is possible, which goes beyond what has been available to date. The resulting simulation of hardwood forest responses to the changing abiotic environmental variables are already the basis for assessing the impact of the planned measures in the implementation process. This data publication contains the tree inventory data of the scientific accompanying research of the winters 2013/2014 and 2016/2017 (first inventory) and a repeat inventory from the winter of 2020/21. The Leipzig riparian forest distributed on old hardwood riparian forest (main tree population older than 90 years) of the forestry office of the city of Leipzig and Sachsenforst as state forest (Scholz et al. 2022). All stands were identified as Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris) – Annex I habitat type (code 91F0). Scholz Mathias 0000-0002-8463-9500 Seele-Dilbat Carolin Engelmann Rolf A 0000-0003-0262-5410 Kasperidus Hans D 0000-0003-0166-9833 Kirsten Fabian fabian.kirsten@fu-berlin.de 0000-0002-4813-3713 Herkelrath-Bleyl A Vieweg Michael 0000-0003-3454-2281 2022 Die Elster-Luppe-Aue – eine wertvolle Auenlandschaft. Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung aus dem Projekt Lebendige Luppe report Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ https://doi.org/10.57699/RXX9-ZH02 12.19231809 12.33080156 51.34877874 51.38827588 12.270225724658488 51.36951746708331 LUPPE Lebendige Luppe https://lebendige-luppe.de/ Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection BMUV https://www.bmuv.de/en/ https://ror.org/01yj5ad85 Lebendige_Luppe_2013-2021 51.369517 12.270226 313467 CC-BY-SA-4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Two tree inventories of trees with a breast hight diameter of >5cm were conducted on 60 plots (each 2500m²) of the project Lebendige Luppe. The first inventory was conducted in the winters of 2013/14 and 2016/17, the second inventory was conducted in the winter of 2020/21. Sample ID Sample ID Sample ID Tree ID Tree ID Tree ID Year of sampling Year sampl year Year sampl LATITUDE Latitude http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709 Latitude LONGITUDE Longitude http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709 Longitude ELEVATION Elevation m a.s.l. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation elevation http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001687 Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length Elevation [m a.s.l.] Plot Plot Plot Tree, history Tree history Tree history Species Species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species species Species Abbreviation Abbrev Species abbreviation Abbrev (Species abbreviation) Trees, diameter at breast height DBH cm diameter http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001334 Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length Tape measure DBH [cm] (Tape measure) Flag, interpolation Flag interpol indicates whether a BHD has been interpolated or not (0=not interpolated, 1=interpolated) Flag interpol (indicates whether a BHD has b...) HEIGHT above ground Height m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height height http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000119 Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length Height at which the BHD was measured Height [m] (Height at which the BHD was m...) Tree, height to crown base H crown base m height http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000119 Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length H crown base [m] Tree height Tree height m Length L http://dbpedia.org/resource/Length Clinometer, Haglöf Sweden, Vertex 5 Tree height [m] (Clinometer, Haglöf Sweden, Ve...) Flag, interpolation Flag interpol Indicates whether the tree heights were measured in 2023 or not (0= were measured in the sampling year 1= were measured in 2023) Flag interpol (Indicates whether the tree he...) Tree, social status Tree social 1=predomint / 2=domint / 3=co-domint / 4=domited / 5=sheltered / 6=remnts Tree social (1=predomint / 2=domint / 3=co...) Tree, crown cover Tree crown cov 0=no / 1=partly / 2=yes Tree crown cov (0=no / 1=partly / 2=yes) Vitality Vitality 1=ample / 2=normal / 3=suffering / 4=dead Vitality (1=ample / 2=normal / 3=suffer...) Tree damage class, canker Tree dam canker Mechanical damages: 0=no damage / 1=small / 2=medium / 3=heavy Tree dam canker (Mechanical damages: 0=no dama...) Tree damage class, crown Tree dam crown 0=no breakage / 1=small / 2=medium / 3=heavy Tree dam crown (0=no breakage / 1=small / 2=m...) Tree damage class, drought Tree dam drought 0=no dry parts visible / 1=small / 2=medium / 3=heavy Tree dam drought (0=no dry parts visible / 1=sm...) Tree damage class, trunk rot Tree dam trunk rot 0=no rot visible / 1=small / 2=medium / 3=heavy Tree dam trunk rot (0=no rot visible / 1=small / ...) Tree damage class, trunk fungi Tree dam trunk fung Tree fungi in the basal area of the tree; 0=no fruit bodies visible / 1=few / 2=medium / 3=many Tree dam trunk fung (Tree fungi in the basal area ...) Tree damage class, trunk fungi Tree dam trunk fung Tree fungi in the upper trunk area of the tree : 0=no fungi at tree trunk / 1=few / 2=medium / 3=many Tree dam trunk fung (Tree fungi in the upper trunk...) Tree damage class, canker Tree dam canker Other damages: 0=no or visible / 1=small / 2=medium / 3=heavy Tree dam canker (Other damages: 0=no or visibl...) citable floodplain forest Forest forest inventory Inventory Saxony Tree vitality author100699 author105411 author105475 author105476 author105477 author105478 author105479 author105480 author106898 author58442 author74530 author84922 author88263 event3182096 geocode1600 geocode1601 geocode56349 geocode8128 inst14148 inst20982 inst468 license22 method12101 method16796 param140567 param149100 param152833 param155411 param16065 param21499 param31566 param508752 param519576 param528669 param528670 param528671 param528672 param528673 param528674 param528675 param528676 param528677 param7053 project4927 ref126017 term1073288 term1073584 term1073934 term41076 term43863 term49384 term53928 term54894 term67477 term67793 term70698 term74177