RELIX: a dataset of vascular plant species presence for 353 prairie remnants in the Midwestern United States, with prairie remnant metadata

  • Jack Zinnen (Creator)
  • Marissa Chase (Creator)
  • Brian Charles (Creator)
  • Justin Meissen (Creator)
  • Jeffrey Wayne Matthews (Creator)

Dataset

Description

This is the core data for RELIX, a dataset of vascular plant species presence for 353 prairie remnants in the Midwestern United States and associated dataset of prairie remnant metadata. The primary data file contains a list of the vascular plant species observed in the prairie remnants, as well as a metadata table with more information about the prairie remnant in question and the species list itself. The data was compiled from a variety of written sources, private and published, chronicling observations made between the mid-twentieth century and 2021. It also contains a supplementary data table of vascular plant species observed in at least 8 of the prairie remnants in RELIX, as well as a list of acknowledgements for the associated manuscript.
Date made availableJan 27 2025
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Keywords

  • prairie relict
  • tallgrass prairie
  • species inventories
  • prairie peninsula
  • prairie soil

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