Short-term effects of the control of an invasive plant Asclepias syriaca: secondary invasion of other neophytes instead of the recovery of native species

Data sets to article: "Short-term effects of the control of an invasive plant <em>Asclepias syriaca</em>: secondary invasion of other neophytes instead of the recovery of native species". We studied the impact of <em>Asclepias syriaca</em>, a non-native herb species, on basic soil attributes and vegetation composition in sandy grasslands and the effect of mechanical control of this species. The <em>Asclepias </em>invasion changed the vegetation composition, but not the studied soil attributes. The shot-term cutting suppressed <em>Asclepias</em>, but instead of the recovery of native species, secondary invasion by other alien species occurred.