Measurement of Plant Traits on Hylocomium splendens Samples Collected at Sites within the Bonanza Creek LTER Regional Site Network in Interior Alaska, 2019

This dataset contains measurements of plant traits on Hylocomium splendens species collected at a subset of sites from the Regional Site Network (n = 26). The two species, Hylocomium splendens and Vaccinium uliginosum, are the two most ubiquitous nonvascular and vascular species at these sites. The traits measured on these species relate to the fire ecology of each species. Traits measured for Hylocomium splendens include: length, width, aspect ratio (width/length), specific leaf area (SLA) and moisture content % at maximum water retention capacity. There is a corresponding dataset with trait data for Vaccinium uliginosum.