Examples of vegetation types and complexes included in the Transcaucasian Vegetation Database. A) Colchic temperate rainforest with understory rich in ferns, Samegrelo Region, W Georgia; B) Mesophilous Fagus orientalis forest, Ijevan Region, N Armenia; C) Western Caucasian Abies nordmanniana forest, Racha Region, W Georgia; D) Complex of rock and forest vegetation in deeply incised valleys, Ijevan Region, N Armenia; E) Grazed alpine grassland in the Central Greater Caucasus, Racha Region, W Georgia; F) A diverse landscape of the intermontane Greater Caucasian basin, a mosaic of semi-natural and natural habitats including subhalophilous grasslands on travertine deposits, Khevi Region, N Georgia; G) Semi-desert in the arid parts of central Transcaucasia, Kartli Region, E Georgia.