Data from: Biodiversity of key soil phylotypes is associated with increased plant richness and productivity following agricultural abandonment and afforestation

This dataset is derived from plant and soils in China's Loess Plateau. Including plant richness, plant biomass, soil pH, soil moisture (SM), soil organic carbon (SOC), soil total nitrogen (STN), soil total phosphorus (STP), the contents of exchangeable soil cations, and soil textures (sand%, silt% and clay%).