uid=HFR,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read doi:10.6073/pasta/1add06e162f38dbe00278ea14267e535 Timothy Sipe Richard Bowden Charles McClaugherty https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5884-0756 Dax Bennett Researcher Rachel Clark Researcher Jessica Rigelman Researcher 2023 English

Forests recovering from agricultural legacies differ in many ways that influence the landscape distribution, local abundance, and dispersion of herbaceous populations, as well as patterns of species associations within the herbaceous stratum. We recorded the presence/absence of 10 herbaceous species on a 1 x 1 m resolution in a 30 x 50 m permanent plot grid in six land use legacy sites (2 plowed, 2 pastured, 2 permanent woodlot) in summer 1996 to test predictions about herbaceous species abundance, richness, dispersion patterns, patterns of association, and their relationships to forest structure, microclimates, and soil resources. The 10 species chosen differed in several ways (evergreen vs. deciduous, stature, clonal architecture, affinity for disturbed vs. undisturbed forests) that allowed us to probe the impacts of prior disturbance and current resource patterns (light, water, nutrients) on the spatial patterns of individual species and species associations.

community composition herbs land use species diversity species richness LTER controlled vocabulary populations disturbance land use human-environment LTER core area Harvard Forest HFR LTER USA HFR default

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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf136 Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest). Coordinates based on WGS84 datum. -72.20 -72.17 +42.55 +42.53 335 357 meter 1996 1996 genus Aralia species nudicaulis wild sarsaparilla genus Aster species acuminatus whorled wood aster genus Clintonia species borealis blue-bead lily genus Cornus species canadensis bunch berry genus Epigaea species repens trailing arbutus genus Gaultheria species procumbens wintergreen genus Medeola species virginiana indian cucumber-root genus Mitchella species repens partridgeberry genus Smilacina species racemosa false solomon’s seal genus Trientalis species borealis starflower complete Information Manager Harvard Forest

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Plot locations: Plow #1 Site: Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment # III, southern end. Plow #2 Site: Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment # III, southern end. Pasture #1 Site: Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment # I, southeastern edge. Pasture #2 Site: Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment # VIII, central edge. Woodlot #1 Site: Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment # VIII, northeastern edge. Woodlot #2 Site: Prospect Hill Tract, Compartment # VII, central.

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(978) 724-3302 (978) 724-3595 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu https://ror.org/059cpzx98 pointOfContact The Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program examines ecological dynamics in the New England region resulting from natural disturbances, environmental change, and human impacts. National Science Foundation LTER grants: DEB-8811764, DEB-9411975, DEB-0080592, DEB-0620443, DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210. hf136-01-herb.csv herbaceous species hf136-01-herb.csv 389083 cf65dd3c52ebdbdd5d5f503a71a45851 1 \r\n column , https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p13/hf136/hf136-01-herb.csv site site P1 plow 1 P2 plow 2 S1 pasture 1 S2 pasture 2 W1 woodlot 1 W2 woodlot 2 plot plot number. Each permanent 30 x 50 m grid has 60 5 x 5 m plots. They are numbered from left to right and top to bottom across the grid. The upper left corner plot is 1 and the lower right corner plots is 60. plot number cell cell number. There are 25 1 x 1 m cells within each plot, also numbered left to right and top to bottom. The entire grid has 1500 1 x 1 m cells. All six sites are included in this archived file, for a total of 9000 records. cell number number number. Each cell has a unique number (1 through 1500) for use in digitized mapping of herb patterns. The cell numbers are assigned by grid row, with numbers 1-30 across the top row of the entire grid, cells 31-60 across the second row, etc. number x cell center X coordinate for digital mapping of herbs across the grid meter 0.1 real NA missing value y cell center Y coordinate for digital mapping of herbs across the grid meter 0.1 real NA missing value aralia presence or absence of Aralia in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent aster presence or absence of Aster in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent clintonia presence or absence of Clintonia in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent cornus presence or absence of Cornus in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent epigaea presence or absence of Epigaea in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent gaultheria presence or absence of Gaultheria in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent medeola presence or absence of Medeola in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent mitchella presence or absence of Mitchella in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent smilacina presence or absence of Smilacina in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent trientalis presence or absence of Trientalis in each 1 x 1 m cell 1 present 0 absent 9000 historical plot community short-term measurement https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf133 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf134 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf135 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf137 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf138 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf139 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf140 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf141 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf142 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf143 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf144