Title: Small Mammal Exclosure Study (SMES) Vegetation Data

• Other Authors: TerriKoontz
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Sevilleta Long Term Ecological ResearchDepartment of Biology167 Castetter Hall1 University of New MexicoAlbuquerqueNew Mexico87131-0001USA505-277-5355 2011
• Subjects: Abronia fragrans; Achillea millefolium variety:occidentalis; Acourtia nana; Acalypha neomexicana; Acroptilon repens; Achnatherum robusta; Agrostis gigantea; Ageratina herbacea; Agastache micrantha; Agastache pallidiflora subspecies:neomexicana; Ailanthus altissima; Aletes acaulis; Allium cernuum; Allium geyeri; Allionia incarnata; Allium macropetalum; Allenrolfea occidentalis; Almutaster pauciflorus; Aloysia wrightii; Ambrosia acanthicarpa; Amaranthus albus; Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Ammocodon chenopodioides; Ambrosia confertiflora; Amorpha fruticosa; Amsonia fugatei; Amaranthus hybridus; Amaranthus palmeri; Amsonia palmeri; Amaranthus powellii; Amaranthus retroflexus; Amaranthus wrightii; Anemopsis californica; Antennaria marginata; Anagallis minima; Androsace septentrionalis variety:subulifera; Apocynum androsaemifolium; Apocynum X floribundum; Aphanostephus ramosissimus variety:humilis; Aquilegia elegantula; Aquilegia triternata; Aristida adscensionis; Aristida arizonica; Artemisia bigelovii; Artemisia campestris; Artemisia carruthii; Arceuthobium campylopodum; Aristida divaricata; Artemisia dracunculus; Argyrochosma fendleri; Arabis fendleri variety:fendleri; Artemisia filifolia; Artemisia frigida; Aristida havardii; Arenaria lanuginosa subspecies:saxosa; Artemisia ludoviciana subspecies:albula; Artemisia ludoviciana subspecies:ludoviciana; Aristida purpurea variety:fendleriana; Aristida purpurea variety:longiseta; Aristida purpurea variety:nealleyi; Aristida purpurea variety:purpurea; Aristida purpurea variety:wrightii; Aristida ternipes variety:gentilis; Arceuthobium vaginatum; Astragalus albulus; Asclepias asperula subspecies:asperula; Asclepias brachystephana; Astragalus calycosus variety:scaposus; Asclepias engelmanniana; Asclepias involucrata; Asclepias latifolia; Astragalus lentiginosus variety:diphysus; Astragalus missouriensis variety:mimetes; Astragalus nuttallianus; Astragalus nuttallianus variety:austrinus; Astragalus praelongus variety:praelongus; Asclepias speciosa; Asclepias subverticillata; Astragalus tephrodes; Astragalus wootonii; Atriplex argentea subspecies:argentea; Atriplex canescens; Atriplex confertifolia; Avena sativa; Bahia absinthifolia variety:absinthifiolia; Bahia absinthifolia variety:dealbata; Bahia dissecta; Baccharis emoryi; Baileya multiradiata; Bahia pedata; Baileya pleniradiata; Baccharis salicina; Baccharis salicifolia; Baccharis thesioides; Baccharis wrightii; Berula erecta; Berlandiera lyrata; Bidens frondosa; Bidens heterosperma; Bidens laevis; Bidens tenuisecta; Blepharoneuron tricholepis; Bouteloua aristidoides; Bouteloua barbata; Bothriochloa barbinodis; Bouteloua curtipendula; Boerhavia erecta; Bouteloua eriopoda; Bouteloua gracilis; Bouteloua hirsuta; Boerhavia intermedia; Boerhavia purpurascens; Bothriochloa saccharoides; Boerhavia spicata; Bromus anomalus; Brickellia baccharidea; Brickellia brachyphylla; Brickellia californica; Brickellia eupatorioides variety:chlorolepis; Brickelliastrum fendleri; Brickellia floribunda; Brickellia grandiflora; Bromus lanatipes; Brickellia microphylla variety:scabra; Bromus tectorum; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Caesalpinia drepanocarpa; Carex filifolia; Carex foenea variety:foenea; Caesalpinia gilliesii; Calylophus hartwegii; Calliandra humilis; Castilleja integra; Caesalpinia jamesii; Calylophus lavandulifolius; Carlowrightia linearifolia; Castilleja linariifolia; Castilleja minor; Camelina microcarpa; Calibrachoa parviflora; Carex praegracilis; Campanula rotundifolia; Camelina sativa; Cerastium arvense; Cerastium brachypodum; Centaurium calycosum; Cenchrus echinatus; Ceanothus fendleri; Celtis laevigata variety:reticulata; Cenchrus longispinus; Cercocarpus montanus variety:paucidentatus; Cevallia sinuata; Chamaesyce albomarginata; Chenopodium album; Chenopodium ambrosioides; Chenopodium berlandieri; Chamaesyce chaetocalyx variety:chaetocalyx; Chamaesaracha coniodes; Chamaesaracha coronopus; Chenopodium desiccatum; Cheilanthes eatonii; Chaetopappa ericoides; Cheilanthes feei; Cheilanthes fendleri; Chamaesyce fendleri; Chenopodium fremontii; Chamaesyce geyeri; Chamaesyce glyptosperma; Chenopodium graveolens; Chenopodium incanum; Chamaesyce lata; Chenopodium leptophyllum; Chilopsis linearis; Chamaesyce micromera; Chamaesyce missurica variety:intermedia; Chrysothamnus nauseosus; Chenopodium neomexicanum; Chrysothamnus pulchellus; Chamaesyce revoluta; Chenopodium rubrum; Chamaesyce serpens; Chamaesyce serrula; Chamaesyce serpyllifolia subspecies:serpyllifolia; Chamaesaracha sordida; Chloracantha spinosa; Chamaesyce stictospora; Chloris virgata; Cirsium calcareum; Cicuta douglasii; Cirsium neomexicanum; Cirsium ochrocentrum; Cirsium undulatum variety:undulatum; Circium vulgare; Cirsium wheeleri; Clematis bigelovii; Clematis columbiana variety:columbiana; Clematis ligusticifolia; Cleome serrulata; Clinopodium vulgare; Conopholis alpina variety:mexicana; Corispermum americanum variety:rydbergii; Convolvulus arvensis; Corydalis aurea; Conyza canadensis; Commelina dianthifolia; Convolvulus equitans; Commelina erecta variety:angustifolia; Cosmos parviflorus; Coreopsis tinctoria variety:tinctoria; Comandra umbellata subspecies:pallida; Cordylanthus wrightii; Cryptantha cinerea variety:cinerea; Cryptantha cinerea variety:jamesii; Cryptantha cinerea variety:laxa; Cryptantha crassisepala; Cryptantha crassisepala variety:elachantha; Croton texensis; Cucurbita foetidissima; Cuscuta pentagona variety:pentagona; Cymopterus acaulis variety:fendleri; Cycloloma atriplicifolium; Cyperus esculentus; Cyperus fendlerianus; Cystopteris fragilis; Cyphomeris gypsophiloides; Cymopterus montanus; Cyperus odoratus; Cynoglossum officinale; Dalea brachystachya; Dalea candida variety:oligophylla; Dalea compacta variety:compacta; Dalea exigua; Dalea formosa; Dalea jamesii; Dalea lanata; Dalea lanata variety:terminalis; Dalea leporina; Dalea nana variety:nana; Dasyochloa pulchella; Dalea purpurea variety:purpurea; Datura quercifolia; Dalea scariosa; Dalea wrightii; Datura wrightii; Delphinium carolinianum subspecies:virescens; Desmanthus illinoensis; Descurainia incana subspecies:incisa; Descurainia obtusa subspecies:obtusa; Descurainia pinnata subspecies:brachycarpa; Descurainia pinnata subspecies:halictorum; Delphinium wootonii; Distichlis spicata; Dimorphocarpa wislizeni; Draba cuneifolia variety:cuneifolia; Drymaria glandulosa; Draba helleriana variety:helleriana; Dyssodia papposa; Echinocereus coccineus variety:arizonicus; Echinocereus coccineus variety:coccineus; Echinochloa crus-gallii variety:crusgallii; Echinochloa crus-pavonis variety:macera; Echinocereus fendleri variety:fendleri; Eclipta prostrata; Echinocereus triglochidiatus variety:triglochidiatus; Echinocereus viridiflorus variety:viridiflorus; Elaeagnus angustifolia; Elymus canadensis; Elymus elymoides; Eleocharis palustris; Enneapogon desvauxii; Engelmannia pinnatifida; Epilobium ciliatum; Epilobium saximontanum; Ephedra torreyana; Ephedra trifurca; Ephedra viridis; Epixiphium wislizeni; Equisetum laevigatum; Eriogonum abertianum; Eriogonum alatum; Eriogonum annuum; Eragrostis barrelieri; Erigeron bellidiastrum variety:bellidiastrum; Erysimum capitatum; Erysimum capitatum capitatum; Eriogonum cernuum; Eragrostis cilianensis; Erodium cicutarium; Eriastrum diffusum; Erigeron divergens; Erigeron flagellaris; Eragrostis intermedia; Erysimum inconspicuum; Eriogonum jamesii; Eriogonum leptophyllum; Eragrostis mexicana; Eragrostis pectinacea; Eragrostis pectinacea variety:miserrima; Erioneuron pilosum; Eriogonum polycladon; Eriogonum racemosum; Eriogonum rotundifolium; Erigeron speciosus variety:speciosus; Erigeron subtrinervis; Erodium texanum; Eriogonum wrightii; Escobaria vivipara variety:arizonica; Escobaria vivipara variety:radiosa; Escobaria vivipara variety:vivipara; Euphorbia brachycera; Euphorbia dentata; Euphorbia exstipulata; Euphorbia marginata; Euphorbia spathulata; Evolvulus nuttallianus; Fallugia paradoxa; Festuca arizonica; Fendlera rupicola variety:falcata; Festuca trachyphylla; Flaveria campestris; Forestiera pubescens variety:pubescens; Fouquieria splendens; Froelichia floridana variety:campestris; Frankenia jamesii; Fraxinus velutina; Fragaria vesca subspecies:bracteata; Funastrum cynanchoides subspecies:heterophyllum; Galium aparine; Gaura coccinea; Galium fendleri; Galium mexicanum subspecies:asperrimum; Gaura mollis; Gaillardia pinnatifida; Gaillardia pulchella; Gaura suffulta subspecies:nealleyi; Garrya wrightii; Geranium caespitosum; Gilia flavocincta; Gilia mexicana; Gilia rigidula subspecies:acerosa; Gilia sinuata; Gilia subnuda; Glandularia bipinnatifida variety:bipinnatifida; Glandularia gooddingii; Glycyrrhiza lepidota; Glossopetalon spinescens variety:spinescens; Glandularia wrightii; Gnaphalium stramineum; Grindelia nuda variety:aphanactis; Grindelia squarrosa; Gutierrezia microcephala; Gutierrezia sarothrae; Gutierrezia texana variety:glutinosa; Gutierrezia wrightii; Hackelia pinetorum; Harbouria trachypleura; Helianthus annuus; Helianthus ciliaris; Heliotropium convolvulaceum; Hesperostipa comata ssp._comata; Heliotropium curassavicum variety:curassavicum; Hedeoma drummondii; Heliopsis helianthoides variety:scabra; Heliomeris longifolia variety:longifolia; Heliomeris multiflora variety:multiflora; Hedeoma nana; Hesperostipa neomexicana; Hedeoma oblongifolia; Heuchera parvifolia; Helianthus petiolaris subspecies:fallax; Helianthus petiolaris subspecies:petiolaris; Heuchera rubescens variety:versicolor; Heterotheca villosa variety:hispida; Heterotheca villosa variety:villosa; Heuchera wootonii; Holodiscus dumosus; Hoffmannseggia glauca; Hordeum jubatum subspecies:jubatum; Houstonia rubra; Hymenopappus biennis; Hymenopappus filifolius variety:cinereus; Hymenopappus flavescens variety:canotomentosus; Hymenoclea monogyra; Hymenoxys odorata; Hymenoxys richardsonii variety:floribunda; Hybanthus verticillatus; Ipomopsis aggregata; Ipomoea costellata; Ipomoea coccinea; Ipomopsis laxiflora; Ipomopsis longiflora; Ipomopsis multiflora; Ipomoea purpurea; Ipomopsis pumila; Isocoma pluriflora; Iva ambrosiifolia; Jamesia americana; Juncus balticus variety:montanus; Juncus bufonius; Juncus interior; Juncus mexicanus; Juniperus monosperma; Juncus tenuis; Juncus torreyi; Kallstroemia californica; Kallstroemia parviflora; Koeleria macrantha; Kochia scoparia; Krameria lanceolata; Krascheninnikovia lanata; Laennecia coulteri; Lathyrus lanszwertii variety:arizonicus; Lappula occidentalis variety:cupulata; Lappula occidentalis variety:occidentalis; Lappula redowskii redowskii; Laennecia schiedeana; Lactuca serriola; Lactuca tatarica variety:pulchella; Larrea tridentata; Lepidium alyssoides; Lepidium densiflorum variety:densiflorum; Leptochloa dubia; Lesquerella fendleri; Lesquerella gordonii variety:gordonii; Lepidium lasiocarpum; Lepidium latifolium; Lepidium montanum variety:angustifolium; Leersia oryzoides; Lesquerella ovalifolia; Leptochloa panicea ssp._mucronata; Lepidium virginicum variety:medium; Linum australe variety:australe; Lithospermum cobrense; Lithospermum incisum; Linum lewisii; Limonium limbatum; Lithospermum multiflorum; Liatris punctata; Linum puberulum; Lobelia cardinalis; Lotus greenei; Lotus plebeius; Lotus wrightii; Lupinus brevicaulis; Lupinus kingii; Lycopus americanus; Lycopus asper; Lycium pallidum; Lycurus phleoides; Lycium torreyi; Maurandella antirrhiniflora; Machaeranthera bigelovii; Machaeranthera boltoniae; Machaeranthera canescens; Machaeranthera canescens subspecies:canescens; Malacothrix fendleri; Machaeranthera gracilis; Mahonia haematocarpa; Mammillaria heyderi variety:heyderi; Mammillaria heyderi variety:meiacantha; Malvella leprosa; Malva neglecta; Machaeranthera parviflora; Machaeranthera pinnatifida subspecies:pinnatifida; Mahonia repens; Machaeranthera tanacetifolia; Marrubium vulgare; Mammillaria wrightii; Mentzelia albicaulis; Mentha arvensis; Mentzelia humilis; Mentzelia laciniata; Melampodium leucanthum; Medicago lupulina; Mentzelia multiflora; Melilotus officinalis; Mentzelia oligosperma; Mentzelia pumila; Medicago sativa; Menodora scabra variety:scabra; Mirabilis albida; Mimulus glabratus; Mirabilis glabra; Mimulus guttatus; Mirabilis linearis; Mirabilis multiflora; Mirabilis oxybaphoides; Mirabilis pumila; Mollugo cerviana; Monarda fistulosa subspecies:fistulosa_variety:menthifolia; Monardella odoratissima; Monarda pectinata; Monroa squarrosa; Muhlenbergia arenacea; Muhlenbergia arenicola; Muhlenbergia asperifolia; Muhlenbergia fragilis; Muhlenbergia montana; Muhlenbergia pauciflora; Muhlenbergia porteri; Muhlenbergia pungens; Muhlenbergia repens; Muhlenbergia rigens; Muhlenbergia setifolia; Muhlenbergia tenuifolia; Muhlenbergia torreyi; Nama carnosum; Nama dichotomum; Nama hispidum; Nerisyrenia camporum; Nerisyrenia linearifolia; Nicotiana obtusifolia variety:obtusifolia; Nolina microcarpa; Notholaena standleyi; Oenothera albicaulis; Oenothera caespitosa subspecies:caespitosa; Oenothera coronopifolia; Oenothera elata subspecies:hirsutissima; Oenothera pallida subspecies:runcinata; Oenothera pallida subspecies:trichocalyx; Opuntia clavata; Opuntia engelmannii; Opuntia erinacea variety:hystricina; Opuntia fragilis variety:fragilis; Opuntia imbricata; Opuntia leptocaulis; Opuntia macrocentra; Opuntia macrorhiza variety:macrorhiza; Opuntia phaeacantha variety:phaeacantha; Opuntia polyacantha variety:juniperina; Opuntia polyacantha variety:polyacantha; Opuntia polyacantha variety:rufispina; Opuntia polyacantha variety:trichophora; Opuntia santa-rita; Opuntia tunicata variety:davisii; Oryzopsis hymenoides; Orobanche ludoviciana subspecies:multiflora; Osmorhiza depauperata; Oxalis alpina; Oxytropis sericea; Oxalis stricta; Oxalis violacea; Panicum capillare; Parthenium confertum variety:lyratum; Parryella filifolia; Panicum hallii; Parthenium incanum; Paronychia jamesii; Panicum obtusum; Parthenocissus quinquefolia variety:quinquefolia; Pascopyrum smithii; Palafoxia sphacelata; Penstemon ambiguus variety:ambiguus; Penstemon ambiguus variety:laevissimus; Pectis angustifolia; Penstemon barbatus subspecies:torreyi; Pericome caudata; Petrophyton caespitosum; Pedicularis centranthera; Penstemon fendleri; Penstemon jamesii; Pennellia longifolia; Pectis papposa; Penstemon virgatus; Penstemon whippleanus; Phaseolus angustissimus; Phragmites australis; Phoradendron bolleanum; Phacelia coerulea; Phacelia crenulata; Phlox gracilis subspecies:gracilis; Physalis hederifolia variety:fendleri; Phacelia integrifolia; Phoradendron juniperinum; Phoradendron leucarpum; Physalis longifolia variety:longifolia; Phlox mesoleuca; Philadelphus microphyllus; Phlox nana; Phacelia neomexicana; Philadelphus occidentalis; Phleum pratense; Phoradendron villosum subspecies:coryae; Pinus edulis; Piptochaetium fimbriatum; Piptatherum micrantha; Picradeniopsis woodhousei; Pleuraphis jamesii; Plantago lanceolata; Plantago major; Plantago patagonica; Populus acuminata (X); Polygala alba; Populus angustifolia; Poa arida; Polygonum aviculare; Poa bigelovii; Polygonum convolvulus; Polanisia dodecandra subspecies:trachysperma; Poa fendleriana; Poa fendleriana subspecies:fendleriana; Populus fremontii; Portulaca halimoides; Polygonum lapathifolium; Polypogon monspeliensis; Polygala obscura; Portulaca oleracea; Portulaca oleracea subspecies:oleracea; Polygonum persicaria; Potentilla pensylvanica; Portulaca pilosa; Poa reflexa; Polypogon viridis; Prosopis glandulosa variety:torreyana; Proboscidea parviflora; Prosopis pubescens; Proboscidea sabulosa; Prunus serotina; Prunus virginiana variety:melanocarpa; Pseudostellaria jamesiana; Pseudocymopterus montanus; Psorothamnus scoparius; Psilostrophe sparsiflora; Psilostrophe tagetina variety:tagetina; Psoralidium tenuiflorum; Ptelea trifoliata subspecies:angustifolia; Quercus grisea; Quercus pungens; Quercus turbinella; Ratibida columnifera; Rafinesquia neomexicana; Ratibida tagetes; Reverchonia arenaria; Rhus microphylla; Rhus trilobata; Rhus trilobata variety:pilosissima; Ribes aureum; Ribes cereum; Ribes cereum variety:pedicellare; Ribes leptanthum; Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum; Rorippa palustris; Rosa woodsii; Rosa woodsii variety:woodsii; Rumex acetosella; Rumex altissimus; Rumex crispus; Rumex hymenosepalus; Rubus idaeus subspecies:strigosus; Rubus parviflorus; Rumex salicifolius variety:mexicanus; Sanvitalia abertii; Salix amygdaloides; Sagittaria cuneata; Salix exigua; Sartwellia flaveriae; Salix gooddingii; Salvia henryi; Salix irrorata; Salvia reflexa; Salvia subincisa; Salsola tragus; Sarcobatus vermiculatus; Scirpus acutus variety:acutus; Schoenoplectus americanus; Scleropogon brevifolius; Sclerocactus intertextus variety:dasyacanthus; Sclerocactus intertextus variety:intertextus; Scorzonera lacinata; Schoenocrambe linearifolia; Schoenoplectus maritimus; Schkuhria multiflora; Sclerocactus papyracanthus; Scrophularia parviflora; Schizachyrium scoparium subspecies:neomexicanum; Sclerocactus whipplei; Senna bauhinoides; Sedum cockerellii; Selaginella densa variety:scopulorum; Selinocarpus diffuses; Senecio flaccidus variety:flaccidus; Selinocarpus lanceolatus; Setaria macrostachya; Senecio multicapitatus; Senecio multilobatus; Selaginella mutica variety:mutica; Senecio neomexicanus; Senecio neomexicanus variety:neomexicanus; Selaginella underwoodii; Setaria viridis; Senecio wootonii; Sedum wrightii; Silene antirrhina; Silene laciniata; Silene plankii; Silene wrightii; Sonchus asper; Solidago canadensis variety:scabra; Solanum elaeagnifolium; Sorghum halepense; Solanum heterodoxum variety:novomexicanum; Solanum jamesii; Solidago missouriensis; Sonchus oleraceus; Solanum rostratum; Solidago velutina; Solidago wrightii variety:adenophora; Sporobolus airoides; Sphaeralcea angustifolia subspecies:cuspidata; Sporobolus contractus; Sphaeralcea coccinea subspecies:coccinea; Sphaeralcea coccinea subspecies:elata; Sporobolus cryptandrus; Sphaeralcea digitata; Sphaeralcea fendleri; Sporobolus flexuosus; Sporobolus giganteus; Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia subspecies:pedata; Sphaeralcea hastulata; Sphaeralcea incana; Sphaeralcea laxa; Sphaeralcea leptophylla; Sporobolus nealleyi; Sphaeralcea parvifolia; Sphaeralcea procera; Sphaerophysa salsula; Sphaeralcea wrightii; Sporobolus wrightii; Streptanthus carinatus subspecies:carinatus; Stipa lettermanii; Stellaria longifolia; Stellaria longipes variety:longipes; Stephanomeria pauciflora; Stephanomeria tenuifolia; Suaeda calceoliformis; Suaeda suffrutescens; Symphyotrichum divaricatum; Symphyotrichum falcatus variety:commutatus; Symphotrichum lanceolatus subspecies:hesperius; Symphoricarpos palmeri; Symphoricarpos rotundifolius; Tamarix chinensis; Taraxacum officinale; Talinum parviflorum; Tetraneuris argentea; Tetraclea coulteri; Teucrium laciniatum; Thymophylla acerosa; Thalictrum fendleri variety:fendleri; Thalictrum fendleri variety:wrightii; Thelesperma longipes; Thelesperma megapotamicum; Thlaspi montanum variety:montanum; Thymophylla pentachaeta variety:pentachaeta; Thelypodiopsis purpusii; Thermopsis rhombifolia variety:montana; Thelypodium wrightii; Tiquilia canescens; Tiquilia hispidissima; Tidestromia lanuginosa; Townsendia annua; Townsendia eximia; Townsendia exscapa; Townsendia formosa; Townsendia incana; Toxicodendron radicans subspecies:radicans; Triticum aestivum; Tragus berteronianus; Tragopogon dubius; Triglochin maritimum; Tripterocalyx micranthus; Tridens muticus; Tridens muticus variety:elongatus; Tradescantia pinetorum; Tragopogon porrifolius; Trianthema portulacastrum; Tragus racemosus; Tragia ramosa; Trifolium repens; Tribulus terrestris; Trifolium wormskioldii; Tradescantia wrightii; Typha angustifolia; Valeriana acutiloba; Veronica americana; Verbena bracteata; Verbesina encelioides subspecies:exauriculata; Verbesina encelioides subspecies:encelioides; Verbena macdougalii; Verbena neomexicana variety:hirtella; Veronica peregrina; Verbascum thapsus; Vicia americana; Vitis arizonica; Viguiera dentata; Vicia ludoviciana subspecies:ludoviciana; Vicia pulchella; Vulpia octoflora variety:glauca; Vulpia octoflora variety:hirtella; Woodsia neomexicana; Woodsia oregana; Woodsia plummerae; Xanthium spinosum; Xanthium strumarium variety:canadense; Yucca baccata; Yucca baileyi; Yucca glauca; Zannichellia palustris; Zinnia grandiflora; vegetation; canopy cover; foliage; plant species composition; foliage height; Giganteus; Larrea; Laxa; Ribes; Stellaria longipes
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.29981; http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-sev.09795.1/xml

This is data for vegetation canopy cover measured from each of the SMES study plots. Vegetation canopy cover was measured from each of the 36 one-meter2 quadrats twice each year.