Mangrove Coast Collaborative Project, Post-hurricane Irma mangrove forest understory data, Rookery Bay NERR, February 2022 - March 2023

This dataset describes the structure and composition of the mangrove forest understory in Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) assessed Feb 2022 - Mar 2023, approximately 5 years post Hurricane Irma (2017) and concurrent with Hurricane Ian (2022). The dataset includes information on the number of seedlings and saplings of each species as sampled in four 1 m2 quadrats in each 100 m2 structural sampling plot. The dataset also includes counts of the five tallest pneumatophores occurring in each quadrat. The height of pneumatophores was used as a proxy for the average maximum high water level in a plot. This dataset is associated with the Mangrove Coast Collaborative project (2020 - 2024).