Community visualisation
JUICE.NET is the first tool in vegetation ecology capable of generating vegetation profile diagrams from phytosociological relevés.
Each image is assembled using a freely accessible R script that combines individual plant illustrations into a complete profile view. The script makes use of the magick R package, which provides bindings to the ImageMagick library for advanced image processing.
Species illustrations were created with the help of the DALL·E model (OpenAI, 2021), which was used to enhance photographs of the whole plant profile, mostly specifically taken for this purpose. Some species images were artificially created from several parts to provide the optimal and instructive view in vegetation profiles.
Special thanks go to Pavel Veselý, Pavel Novák, and Milan Chytrý, who kindly helped with this project.
Currently, our database includes hundreds of species, enabling meaningful construction of vegetation profiles for a substantial portion of Central European vegetation. The number, accuracy, and visual quality of profile images will continue to grow in order to achieve vegetation diagrams as realistic and faithful as possible.
Limitations:
The program is currently capable of meaningfully constructing profiles of non-forest terrestrial vegetation and the herb layer of forest vegetation.
It is not suitable for displaying complete forest vegetation profiles or submersed aquatic communities.
Virtual bestiary of central European flora
Acinos arvensis
Actaea spicata
Adenostyles alliariae
Adonis aestivalis
Adonis vernalis
Aegopodium podagraria
Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrostis canina
Agrostis capillaris
Agrostis stolonifera
Achillea millefolium agg.
Ajuga genevensis
Ajuga chamaepitys
Ajuga reptans
Alchemilla monticola
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alliaria petiolata
Allium flavum
Allium oleraceum
Allium scorodoprasum
Allium senescens ssp. montanum
Allium ursinum
Alopecurus aequalis
Alopecurus pratensis
Alyssum alyssoides
Alyssum montanum
Amaranthus blitum
Amaranthus deflexus
Amaranthus retroflexus
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Anagallis arvensis
Anagallis foemina
Andromeda polifolia
Androsace elongata
Anemone nemorosa
Anemone ranunculoides
Anemone sylvestris
Angelica sylvestris
Anchusa officinalis
Anthericum liliago
Anthericum ramosum
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Anthriscus sylvestris
Anthyllis vulneraria
Apera spica-venti
Aquilegia vulgaris
Arabidopsis arenosa
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arabis auriculata
Arabis hirsuta agg.
Arabis turrita
Arctium lappa
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Arenaria serpyllifolia agg.
Aristolochia clematitis
Armeria elongata
Armoracia rusticana
Arrhenatherum elatius
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia campestris
Artemisia pontica
Artemisia tournefortiana
Artemisia vulgaris
Aruncus dioicus
Asarum europaeum
Asparagus officinalis
Asperula cynanchica
Asplenium cuneifolium
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Asplenium septentrionale
Asplenium trichomanes
Asplenium viride
Aster amellus
Astragalus cicer
Astragalus danicus
Astragalus glycyphyllos
Astrantia major
Athyrium distentifolium
Athyrium filix-femina
Atriplex oblongifolia
Atriplex patula
Atriplex prostrata
Atriplex sagittata
Atropa bella-donna
Aurinia saxatilis
Avena fatua
Avenella flexuosa
Avenula pubescens
Ballota nigra
Barbarea vulgaris
Bellis perennis
Berteroa incana
Betonica officinalis
Bidens cernuus
Bidens frondosus
Bidens radiatus
Biscutella laevigata
Bistorta officinalis
Blysmus compressus
