Plant composition, shrub biomass, and soil biogeochemistry from an experimental drought treatment on the Colorado Plateau

These data were compiled for a study that investigated the effects of drought seasonality and plant community composition in a dryland ecosystem. In 2015 U.S. Geological Survey ecologists recorded vegetation and soil moisture data in 36 experimental plots which manipulated precipitation in two plant community types. The experiment consisted of three precipitation treatments: control (ambient precipitation), cool-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation November-April), and warm-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation May-October), applied in two plant communities (perennial grasses with or without a large shrub, Ephedra viridis) over a three-year period. These data were collected from 2015 to 2022 near Canyonlands...

Categories: Data; Tags: Achnatherum hymenoides, Botany, C3 photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, Canyonlands National Park, All tags... Climatology, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Ephedra viridis, Geography, Indian ricegrass, Information Sciences, Islands of Fertility, James' galleta, Needles District, Pleuraphis jamesii, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS:6553a618d34ee4b6e05c3e2b, Utah, ambient precipitation, biogeochemical cycling, biogeochemical data, biogeochemistry, biomass, biota, carbon, carbon concentrations, control treatments, cool-season drought treatments, data release, drought seasonality, droughts, dryland ecosystems, ecosystems, experimental plots, experimental seasonal drought, field inventory and monitoring, field measurements, field sampling, geoscientificInformation, interspace cover estimates, mormon tea, nitrogen, nitrogen concentrations, percent cover estimates, perennial grasses, phosphorus, phosphorus concentrations, photosynthesis, plant community composition, plants (organisms), precipitation (atmospheric), precipitation treatments, shrubland ecosystems, soil cores, soil moisture, soil sciences, soil volumetric water content, southeastern Utah, vegetation, warm-season drought treatments, Fewer tags

Precipitation, soil moisture, and vegetation data from 36 experimental plots in southeastern Utah, near Canyonlands National Park (2015 - 2018)

These data were compiled for a study that investigated the effects of drought seasonality and plant community composition on two dominant perennial grasses, Achnatherum hymenoides (C3 photosynthesis), and Pleuraphis jamesii (C4 photosynthesis), in a dryland ecosystem. In 2015 USGS Ecologists recorded vegetation and soil moisture data in 36 experimental plots which manipulated precipitation in two plant community types. The experiment consisted of three precipitation treatments: control (ambient precipitation), cool-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation November-April), and warm-season drought (-66% ambient precipitation May-October), applied in two plant communities (perennial grasses with or without a large...

Tags: Achnatherum hymenoides, Botany, C3 photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, Canyonlands National Park, All tags... Climatology, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Geography, Information Sciences, Pleuraphis jamesii, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, ambient precipitation, biogeography, biological control, biota, biota605e5ec4d34ec5fa65ee7973, control treatment, cool-season drought treatment, droughts, dryland ecosystem, ecology, experimental design, experimental plot, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, greenness, perennial grasses, phenology, photosynthesis, plant biomass, plant community types, plants, plot sampling, plot treatments, plots, precipitation (atmospheric), precipitation treatment timing, precipitation treatments, rain, research, seasonal drought, soil moisture, soil moisture data, southeastern Utah, terrestrial ecosystems, vegetation, vegetation data, warm-season drought treatment, Fewer tags

Disturbance, energy, climate partitions, cultivars and species habitat data for the Colorado Plateau and environs

These data were compiled to support and inform the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program and to guide future management action when selecting regions to collect and increase seed for native plant materials development. The objective of our study was to develop geospatial datasets to aid land managers and restoration practitioners in identifying areas that will need to be restored in the future (currently disturbed) as well as areas to source new native plant materials for propagation with increased climate similarity to these areas across the Colorado Plateau, Arizona/New Mexico Mountains, and Arizona/New Mexico Plateaus. These data represent species distribution models for 12 high priority...

Tags: Achnatherum hymenoides, Arizona, Arizona/New Mexico Mountains, Arizona/New Mexico Plateaus, Astragalus lonchocarpus, All tags... Botany, Bouteloua gracilis, Cleome lutea, Cleome serrulata, Climatology, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Elymus elymoides, Four Corners Region, Geography, Heliomeris multiflora, Heterotheca villosa, Information Sciences, Intermountain Region, Intermountain West, Machaeranthera canescens, New Mexico, Pleuraphis jamesii, Southwest, Sphaeralcea parvifolia, Sporobolous cryptandrus, US Southwest, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, bioclimatic variables, biodiversity, biogeography, bioremediation, biota, climate change, climate partitioning models, climate similarity, climatic suitability, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, coal mine, data release, disturbance data, disturbed areas, ecological processes, energy production, energy resources, fires, gas well, germplasms, grazing, habitat alteration and disturbance, landscape level disturbances, modeling, native plant material, native plant material suitability, native plant restoration, native species, natural gas pipeline, natural gas resources, natural resource management, oil well, plant species, plants (organisms), priority restoration species, restoration, seed collection, seed sourcing, source locations, species distribution models, species habitat, species occurrence data, specimen collecting, suitable habitat, wildfires, Fewer tags