Data From: Hyperspectral leaf reflectance of grasses varies with evolutionary lineage more than with site

Understanding whether spectra-trait relationships are specific to photosynthetic pathway (C3 or C4), grass lineages (tribes or subfamily), or across-site environmental differences is important for using hyperspectral reflectance to predict plant responses to environmental changes across large landscapes. This dataset includes (a) leaf-level reflectance spectra from grass species from five grass-dominated National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and/or Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) sites in North America, and (b) structural, biochemical, and physiological leaf traits for many of these same grass species. , , # Hyperspectral leaf reflectance of grasses varies with evolutionary lineage more than with site

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.gf1vhhn0n](10.5061/dryad.gf1vhhn0n)

## Description of the data and file structure

Data for the manuscript titled \"Hyperspectral leaf reflectance of grasses varies with evolutionary lineage more than with site,\" by Pau et. al., from the journal *Ecosphere.*

### Files and variables

#### File: GrassSpecies-Traits.csv

**Description:** 12 Structural, Biochemical, and Physiological Traits for Grass Species across Sites. Please refer to methods section of paper for full description of plant functional traits. A cell value of \"null\" indicates that a measurement could not be obtained.

##### Variables

* Site: CPER (Colorado Plains Experimental Range), KONZ (Konza Prairie Biological Station), WOOD (Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge), Jornada (Jornada Experimental Range), CDCR (Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve)
* Species: binomial Latin nomenclature
* Transect...,