Soil moisture data across a Florida scrub and sandhill landscape collected from 1998-2018 at Archbold Biological Station

This project was initiated 1998 to examine the variation in percent
soil moisture in relation to rainfall, vegetation type, gaps, and
time-since-fire in upland habitats at Archbold Biological Station, in
south-central Florida. Data were collected from 78 sampling points
across four vegetation types (rosemary scrub, scrubby flatwoods,
oak-hickory scrub and sandy roadsides) with different time-since-fires
(2-3 years or >20 years post-fire). In January 2006, 30 additional
sampling points were added to include a fourth vegetation type
(southern ridge sandhill). Data were collected at three depths below
the soil surface (10, 50 and 90 cm) weekly (1 October 1998 – 9 June
1999), then bi-weekly (23 June 1999 – 3 October 2001), monthly (17
October 2001 – 15 June 2011), and every other month thereafter until
the project ended on 16 July 2018.