Brotherton higher plant diversity and cover abundance data

Plant diversity and composition was recorded at the Brotherton burning trial in the summer of 2018. The trial has had near consistent application of a range of fire-return interval and burn season treatments since 1981. Cover abundance of higher plants was estimated using the Domin-Krajina scale in twenty, square, two meter squared quadrats evenly placed in each treatment plot. A total of 21 plots representing seven different fire treatments are replicated randomly over three blocks. This diversity sampling forms part of the South African Environmental Observation Network`s and Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife`s long-term biodiversity observation program. Additional information regarding the trial and dataset can be obtained from the related manuscript on the influence of fire regimes, notably pyrodiversity on plant diversity.