SPRUCE Shrub-Layer Growth Assessments in S1-Bog Plots and SPRUCE Experimental Plots beginning in 2010

This data set reports shrub layer growth assessments for the S1-Bog on the Marcell Experimental Forest in Minnesota from 2010 through 2023 (2010-08-01 to 2023-08-31, no data were collected in 2020 and 2022). Data were obtained by destructively harvesting selected plots of varying number and size. In early years a distinct hummock and a hollow sampling square were both collected, but in later years unsampled hollow areas became unavailable due to prior sampling or instrument installations. Harvested samples were broken down species, tissue type (leaf or stem/), and by whether tissue was from the current year’s growth or growth from previous year’s growth. Dry mass of the leaf and stem fractions are provided. For 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018 and 2023, tissue carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) measurements are available for select samples. Future growth assessments are planned for 2025 and will be appended to this dataset. This dataset contains one data file in comma-separate (*.csv) format.