IAS pilot - Observations of alien plant species using a vehicle-mounted camera system in Flanders (Belgium)

Details

IAS pilot - Observations of alien plant species using a vehicle-mounted camera system in Flanders (Belgium) is an occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). It is part of the Biodiversa IAS pilot project (2023-2027), that implemented the monitoring of invasive alien plants using a vehicle-mounted camera system in various countries across Europe. Specifically, the CamAlien camera system (Dyrmann et al. 2024) was mounted on a car to capture images of the roadside vegetation. Images from the cameras were processed with image recognition algorithms provided through Pl@ntNet (Espitalier et al. 2025). This dataset was published as open data for the IAS pilot project (funded by Biodiversa+) and the OneSTOP project (funded by Horizon Europe), with technical support provided by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO).

Date available	27/01/2026
Geographical coverage	Flanders, Belgium

Teams

• InvasionLab
• Management Team
• Open science lab for biodiversity

INBO Research theme(s)

• Invasive species
• Flora & fauna

Taxonomic List

• vascular plants (Tracheophyta)

Policy related

• invasive alien species regulation (EU)