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Habitat covariates measured for 3 years on Whiskey and Raccoon Islands, Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana , in mid-June of 2016 and mid-July of 2017–2018. Two 1-m2 quadrats per season were selected using randomized coordinates<br>within a 150 × 150–m2 plot around established points in restored and reference marsh sites. As sites were highly monotypic, two quadrats per plot per year for 3 years were considered adequate to characterize and capture variation across site covariates. Covariate measurements<br>consisted of % ground cover of each cover type<br>(plant, bare ground, water), %cover of each dominant plant type (succulent [primarily Salicornia spp.], A. germinans,<br>S. alterniflora, woody shrub [primarily Iva frutescens]), standing water depth, and plant height (defined as height of tallest plant present in plot). Salinity was assumed to be consistent across the marsh platform and was not measured.<br>Covariate Names: <br>DomCover: Dominant cover typeDomVeg; Dominant vegetation category<br>plant_av: % plot estimated to have plant coverwater_av: % plot estimated to have standing water coverbare_av: % plot estimated to have no plant/water cover-- bare ground <br>plantheight_av (cm): Height of tallest plant in plot in cm (converted from inches)water_depth (cm): standing water depth in cm (converted from inches)Salav: estimated % plant cover <i>Salicornia</i> spp. <br>Grassav: estimated % <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> cover <br>BMav: estimated % Black Mangrove (<i>Avicennia germinans</i>) cover <br>WSav: estimated % woody shrub cover, misc. species<br><br><br><br>