Vascular plant data collected at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA, in 1998

This data release contains four data sets. The data were collected in 1998 at Wind Cave National Park, ND, USA. The main data set comprises the list of plant species observed and includes the transect ID, transect number, plot number, plot size, vegetation type, and terrain type where each species was found. A second data set has the locations of the transects, along with their IDs which can be linked to the species list. A third data set lists the number of plant species recorded on each plot on each transect. This data set also lists plots that had zero species. The final data set is a list of nomenclature updates along with the currently accepted scientific names of these species.