Prairie plant species trait information .xlsx

These are species data used to calculate flowering potential (FP) metric for Biederman et al. (under review). These data include provenance (native or exotic), life-form (Forb, Legume, Graminoid, Cacti, Shrub, Tree), graminoid photosynthetic pathway (C3 vs C4), family, ecoregion(s) (short-, mixed- tall-grass prairie), flowering months, niche breadth (number of months the species flowers) and data source:<br>Baldwin et al. (Eds) (2012) The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California (2nd edition).<br>Correll, Johnson (1996) Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas. <br>Great Plains Flora Association (1986) Flora of the Great Plains. <br>Gleason, Cronquist (1991) Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and CA (2nd edition).<br>Flora of North America Editorial Committee, (1993+). Flora of North America North of Mexico<br>Britton, Brown (1970) An Illustrated Flora of the Northern US and CA.<br>www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/racemed-milkwort