Vegetation monitoring data from sites in NSW invaded by ground creeper, Tradescantia fluminensis

This collection provides vegetation data (cover and richness from 97 10 m2 quadrats) and abundance data (volume and cover) of invasive weed, Tradescantia fluminensis from fourteen sites across a latitudinal gradient in NSW. This dataset was generated as part of a study to evaluate the impacts of T. fluminensis invasion on native plant communities amongst different vegetation community types, different levels of habitat rehabilitation and over broader landscape and regional spatial scales in eastern Australia. \nPlease refer to the published manuscript under related links for further details (TBD).\nLineage: This data is field collected data from fourteen monitoring sites distributed across a latitudinal gradient in NSW. The data was collected between August and November 2020. Detailed surveys of resident vascular plant species were undertaken for plants growing under 2 m height that were rooted within or overhanging each plot at 97 rectangular monitoring plots (5 m x 2 m) across fourteen sites. The data included, T. fluminensis volume and foliage cover and all species foliage cover. From this data, native and alien species foliage cover and richness was calculated. In addition, all native species were assigned a growth form (shrubs, mesophyllous trees, sclerophyllous trees, ferns, climbers in the canopy layer, climbers in the shrub layer, tufted graminoid, spreading graminoid, tufted herb, spreading herb). For each of these growth form categories, total foliage cover and richness was calculated.