Plant height and cover data in global change mesocosm experiment PASTFORWARD. Data used for the analysis in 'Intra-annual growth dynamics of forest understorey herbaceous plant species in response to global change' (Lorer et al., Journal of Ecology, 2025)

This dataset contains the plant height and cover data collected in mesocosms plant communities subjected to experimental microclimate warming, illumination and nitrogen deposition in ancient and post-agricultural forest soils in the PASTFORWARD experiment, set in the Aelmoeseneie forest in Belgium (50°58′30″N, 3°48′16″E). The data were collected from January to December 2023. Metadata explaining different columns is provided on the second tab of the excel file. Data used for the analysis in 'Intra-annual growth dynamics of forest understorey herbaceous plant species in response to global change' (Lorer et al., Journal of Ecology, 2025)