The present work deals with the systematic field observation, archiving, accessing and visualization of the vegetation land cover data in the abrasive coastal zone of the Krasnodar region in the Black Sea. Particularly, the field observation of the species composition of the higher vascular plants was carried out at the coastal area of the Tuapkhat massif, a cliff of 80-100 meters high. The field observations were divided into 112 sites taking into account the local geomorphologic features. After the analyzes of the obtained data from the field observations of the vascular plants, a dedicated on line Web GIS database was developed. At present, the online database consists of two tables, the first one includes the coordinates of the area covered by the different types of the vegetation plant, their quantities in each area and their statistical characteristics. The second one includes the description of each type of the vegetation plant with their characteristics and the corresponding images of each type of plant. The User Interface (UI) was developed using jQuery and mapBox GL, in order to provide online access to the vegetation plants characteristics in the above areas of interest. The UI allows the user to access and visualize a number of different types of data concerning the land vegetation plant, covering each area under study, i.e. species, family, life form, fruits, relation to moisture, relation to light, relation to substrate, Red Book, photo, etc.
The plant communities of the sea coasts are formed in the specific conditions of the natural environment. Denudation processes on the sea coast have significant impact to the development of cliff vegetation. This paper presents the results of studies of plant communities’ characteristics on the intensively denudated Black Sea coast. There are four main ecotopes marked by the nature of denudation processes and substrate. Seventy seven plant species are detected at the sea cliff of Tuapkhat massif during geobotanical study. July 6, 2012 on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik the extreme storm rainfalls took place. Numerous landslides and landfalls were noted on the coast as a result of rain. The most damaged by denudation sites were identified by analyzing of satellite image series (WorldView-2, WorldView-3, GeoEye-1, Pleiades-1). At the second stage, surveys were carried out from the drone, followed by the construction of digital earth models (DEM) and orthophotoplans for test sites. Field geobotanical investigations at the test sites were performed. It is determined that the distribution of landslide cones is irregular. In total the 20 large landslides with a volume more than 100 m3 were noted. In the course of our research, a significant effect of the past natural extreme phenomenon to the plant communities on the coast was noted. After the extreme rainfall, the new ecotope was formed by landslide bodies. This ecotope is characterized by increased species diversity.
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