Vascular Plants of an Oklahoma Tallgrass Prairie

This dataset describes 12 years of vascular plant composition at the Tallgrass Prairie Reserve in Oklahoma measured at multiple spatial scales at a local level.

Dataset Location: Ecological Archives

Site Location: Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Osage County, Oklahoma (36.73^o - 36.90^oN, 96.32^o - 96.49^oW)

Sites Georeferenced: Yes

Timespan: 1998-2009

Sampling Frequency: Once annually, June

Methods: Twenty plots (100m²) with no greater than 20% cover of woody plants, standing water, or exposed rock are established randomly within the study site. Each plot has nested subplots of size 0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10m². Plants are identifiedl, adsigned to the smallest subplot it inhabits, and estimated for total cover. Climate data and fire events are also available.

Data Collected: species, richness, scale, cover, GPS, tallest individual (grass, forb, woody plant), soil characteristics, precipitation, temperature, bison grazing, fire events

Citation: Daniel J. McGlinn, Peter G. Earls, and Michael W. Palmer. 2010. A 12-year study on the scaling of vascular plant composition in an Oklahoma tallgrass prairie. Ecology 91:1872.

Available via EcoData Retriever: Yes