plant community data

• Main Authors: Robroek, Bjorn J. M., Jassey, Vincent E. J., Payne, Richard J., Martí, Magalí, Bragazza, Luca, Bleeker, Albert, Buttler, Alexandre, Caporn, Simon J. M., Dise, Nancy B., Kattge, Jens, Zając, Katarzyna, Svensson, Bo H., Van Ruijven, Jasper, Verhoeven, Jos T. A.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2017
• Subjects: community ecology; species diversity; functional diversity; plant functional traits; peatland ecology; environmental gradients; climate change; Europe; Holocene; Andromeda polifolia; Betula nana; Betula pubescens; Calluna vulgaris; Carex spp.; Carex limosa; Carex pauciflora; Carex rostrata; Drosera anglica; Drosera intermedia; Drosera rotundifolia; Empetrum nigrum; Eriophorum angustifolium; Erica tetralix; Eriophorum vaginatum; Ledum palustre; Molinea caerulea; Myrica gale; Narthecium ossifragum; Pinus sylvestris; Rhynchospora alba; Rubus chamaemorus; Scheuchzeria palustris; Trichophorum cespitosum; Vaccimium oxycoccos; Vaccinium uliginosum; Vaccinium microcarpon; Vaccinium vitis-idea; Cladonia spp.; Sphagnum section Acutifolia; Sphagnum section Sphagnum; Sphagnum section Cuspidata; Sphagnum angustifolium; Sphagnum austinii; Sphagnum balticum; Sphagnum capillifolium; Sphagnum compactum; Sphagnum cuspidatum; Sphagnum fallax; Sphagnum flexuosum; Sphagnum fuscum; Sphagnum lindbergii; Sphagnum magellanicum; Sphagnum majus; Sphagnum papillosum; Sphagnum pulchrum; Sphagnum rubellum; Sphagnum russowii; Sphagnum tenellum; Bryales; Funariales; Dicranales; Hypnales; Polytrichales
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.g1pk3/2; http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.g1pk3/2

Abundance data (% cover) for all vascular plant and bryophyte species from five randomly chosen hummocks and lawns (0.25 m2 quadrats; ten in total) across 56 European Sphagnum-dominated peatlands were collected in two consecutive summers (2010 and 2011). Vascular plants and Sphagnum mosses were identified to the species level. Non-Sphagnum bryophytes were identified to the family level. Lichens were recorded as one group.