Data from: Evaluating integrated pest management effects on seasonal wetland plant communities

This study evaluated native and invasive plant responses to integrated
pest management approaches. We used different combinations of grazing (G),
herbicide (H), and mowing (M) to test the effectiveness in these
approaches for the recovery of native species. This site is dominated by
annual invasive grasses and a few invasive forbs. The aim of the study was
to assess how management might aid in the recovery of native
plants.  We collected plant percent cover and richness over the
course of two years using a Braun-Blanquet cover class scale. Percent
cover was converted into midpoint values for analysis. Mean midpoint
values were used for final analyses to detect significant differences
among treatments groups. We also used mean midpoint values to visualize
the data using box plots, which indicated trends for both native and
invasive plants in response to the treatments.  The data should
be reproducible, and can be reused to determine how these management
approaches impacted the plant community. Using the raw data from YEAR 1
and YEAR 2 can also be used to visualize plant community composition data
using analyses like NMDS and ANOSIM/SIMPER.