Flora & Vegetation
Candidate governed context model for Population; boundary questions remain required.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
4 bundles · 9 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
taxonomy Which plant is meant, under which name
taxonConcept
taxon concepts, rank and circumscription with the reference that fixes them
nameAndSynonymy
scientific and vernacular names, synonymy and name changes over time
population Where plants are, how many, and in what phase
occurrenceRecord
individual observations and collections with place, time and evidence
abundanceAndDemography
population units, counts, cover estimates and size structure
phenology
timing of leafing, flowering, fruiting and senescence
cover What the vegetation looks like as continuous cover
vegetationType
the classification of vegetation communities and their diagnostic species
standAndCanopyStructure
mapped stands with cover fraction, height class, layering and biomass
protection What status a taxon or stand carries
conservationAssessment
assessed status, criteria applied and assessment date
protectedListing
listings that attach protection or trade control to a taxon
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.PHY.LIV.POP
- Domain
- PHY.LIV.POP
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- populationphy.liv.pop
- Also called
- P6, P7
- Also registered as
- vr.wm-liv-004
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes plant life in two complementary ways: as taxa with names, occurrences and populations, and as vegetation cover, the mapped stands and canopies that clothe an area.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Candidate governed context model for Population; boundary questions remain required.
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because a plant record is simultaneously a taxonomic claim (this is that species), a spatial observation (here, then) and a management fact (this stand, this condition), and those three must stay linked without collapsing into one another.
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
An ecology commons steward keeps the flora register: it curates taxon concepts, accepts occurrence records from surveys and volunteers, maintains the vegetation map and publishes assessments.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- world.ecosystemAndBiome - stands and populations are components of the ecosystem assets assessed there
- world.soilAndAgriculturalLand - substrate and water availability condition the cover described here
- world.waterBodyAndHydrology - substrate and water availability condition the cover described here
- world.terrainAndLandform - elevation and aspect explain zonation of vegetation types
- world.agricultureAndHusbandry - cultivated crops and managed plantations are operations there and reference taxa here
- world.naturalPhenomenonAndHazard - fire, drought and storm occurrences are recorded there and explain disturbance here
- world.disclosureScopeAndProjectionPolicy - the redaction shape for sensitive localities is defined there
aligned
- world.faunaAndWildlife - the taxon concept, name and occurrence pattern is aligned across both models so records join cleanly
imports
- darwin-core - EXTEND: the occurrence, taxon and event record backbone this model specializes
- iucn-red-list-categories - ALIGN: categories and criteria used by conservation assessments
- tdwg-taxon-concept-schema - REFERENCE: taxon concept identifiers rather than a local copy of the taxonomy
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Derived, awaiting review
- taxon: a plant taxon concept; key attributes: taxon identifier, rank, parent taxon, circumscription reference, accepted name reference
- vegetationType: a community class; key attributes: type identifier, definition, diagnostic taxa, parent type, source classification
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- occurrenceObserved: a taxon was recorded at a place and time by an identified observer
- voucherSpecimenDeposited: physical evidence for a record was lodged in a collection
- populationCensusCompleted: a counting or cover survey finished and produced an abundance estimate
- vegetationMapRevised: stand boundaries or type attributions were updated after new imagery or fieldwork
- standDisturbanceRecorded: a stand was burned, cleared, felled, grazed down or otherwise disturbed
- floweringOnsetRecorded: a phenological stage was reached earlier or later than the reference timing
- conservationStatusReassessed: an assessment cycle changed the recorded status of a taxon
- taxonNameSynonymized: a name was moved into synonymy, requiring downstream records to be re-pointed
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- occurrenceDataPublicationContract: terms for publishing occurrence archives, including licence, attribution and required data quality flags
- sensitiveLocalityRedactionContract: terms under which coordinates of threatened or collectable taxa are generalized before release, and who may see the precise locality
- fieldSurveyAccessContract: terms for entering land to survey plots, agreed with the holder of the land unit
- collectionLoanAgreement: terms for loan and destructive sampling of vouchered material
- publicChecklist: accepted taxa, names and status for an area; omits record-level localities and observer identity
- generalizedOccurrenceMap: occurrences snapped to a coarse grid; omits precise coordinates for redacted taxa and any private landholder linkage
- vegetationCoverStatistics: area and cover fraction by vegetation type; omits stand geometry and observer detail
Context of use required Filled
- Observers and collections retain attribution to their records, disclosure of precise localities is granted through S2 access contracts under the redaction policy in S3, and reads of unredacted localities are logged in S4.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-p6-flora-and-vegetation/spec.yaml, models/docs/planet-nature/P6-flora-and-vegetation.md