Dataset of plant species composition and community characteristics from a long-term observation plot of warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forests in Dongling Mountain, Beijing from 2007 to 2015

doi:10.17521/cjpe.2024.0317

Abstract

Abstract:

The warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest is a zonal vegetation type in warm temperate regions. The natural secondary forests of this forest type are well-preserved in the Dongling Mountain area. Species composition and community characteristics form the basis for studying the structural and functional dynamics of forest ecosystems. These factors have significant impacts on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service functions, and are thus recognized as vital indicators for long-term fixed-point observation of biological components in terrestrial ecosystems. According to the unified observation specifications of the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN), plant community surveys were conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2015 at the comprehensive observation plot of the warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest at the Beijing Forest Ecosystem Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Data were recorded for trees (diameter at breast height for trees (DBH) ≥ 1 cm), shrubs and herbaceous plants, including scientific names, individual (or clump) counts, mean DBH or basal diameter (BD) for shrubs, mean heights, and life forms. After data collation, quality control, and statistical analysis, a dataset was compiled, including dominant species and their heights, species counts, density, canopy closure (for trees), and total coverage (for shrubs and herbaceous plants). The dataset contains detailed information of a total of 56 plant species (belonging to 44 genera and 25 families), which reflects the community characteristics of the warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forests and their development trend towards mature forests. The establishment and sharing of this dataset provide critical support for understanding the structural and functional dynamics, as well as the mechanisms of biodiversity maintenance in warm-temperate forest ecosystems under global climate change.

Database/dataset profile

Data title	Dataset of plant species composition and community characteristics from a long-term observation plot of warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forests in Dongling Mountain, Beijing from 2007 to 2015
Data authors	BAI Fan, SU Hong-Xin, LIU Hai-Feng, SUN Ru-Cai, ZHOU Qing-Hua, LI Guang-Qi
Data corresponding author	BAI Fan (baifan823@ibcas.ac.cn)
Data time range	2007-07-21-2015-07-30
Data geographical scope	Beijing Forest Ecosystem Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences (115.43° E, 39.96° N)
Data spatial resolution	1 m
Data volume	116.66 kb, 771 entries
Data format	.xlsx
Data links	https://www.plant-ecology.com/fileup/1005-264X/PDF/cjpe.2024.0317-D1.xlsx https://www.plantplus.cn/doi/10.12282/plantdata.1678 https://www.scidb.cn/doi/10.12282/plantdata.1678
Database/dataset composition	This dataset consists of one file, including seven sheets: plot information, plant species composition in tree layer, community characteristics in tree layer, plant species composition in shrub layer, community characteristics in shrub layer, plant species composition in herb layer, and community characteristics in herb layer

Key words: Dongling Mountain, warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest, species composition, community characteristics, long-term observation

BAI Fan, WANG Yang. Dataset of plant species composition and community characteristics from a long-term observation plot of warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forests in Dongling Mountain, Beijing from 2007 to 2015[J]. Chin J Plant Ecol, 2025, 49(8): 1229-1235.

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项目 Item	信息内容 Information content
样地名称 Plot name	北京森林站综合观测场土壤生物水分采样地 Comprehensive observation plot of the warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest at the Beijing Forest Ecosystem Research Station
样地代码 Plot code	BJFZH01ABC_01
建立时间 Establishment time	1992
植被类型 Vegetation type	暖温带落叶阔叶林 Warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest
面积 Area	30 m × 70 m
主要监测内容 Main observation content	森林植物群落物种组成和群落特征 Forest plant species composition and community characteristics

项目 Item	信息内容 Information content
样地名称 Plot name	北京森林站综合观测场土壤生物水分采样地 Comprehensive observation plot of the warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest at the Beijing Forest Ecosystem Research Station
样地代码 Plot code	BJFZH01ABC_01
建立时间 Establishment time	1992
植被类型 Vegetation type	暖温带落叶阔叶林 Warm-temperate deciduous broadleaf forest
面积 Area	30 m × 70 m
主要监测内容 Main observation content	森林植物群落物种组成和群落特征 Forest plant species composition and community characteristics

字段名称 Field name	字段类型 Field type	字段长度 Field length	保留小数 Decimal places	字段单位 Field unit	字段定义 Field definition	示例 Example
年 Year	字符型 Character	4			调查年份 Year	2007
月 Month	字符型 Character	2			调查月份 Month	07
日 Day	字符型 Character	2			调查的起始日期 Start date of sampling	21
II级样方号 2nd level plot No.	字符型 Character	10			每个样地固定的10 m × 10 m的II级样方编号 No. of fixed second level plots (10 m × 10 m)	00 (参见图1) (refer to Fig. 1)
样方面积 2nd level plot size	字符型 Character	20		m × m	调查样方的面积 Area of observation plot	乔(灌)木层为10 m × 10 m; 草本层为1 m × 1 m 10 m × 10 m for tree (shrub) layer, 1 m × 1 m for herb layer
株数 Count	数值型 Numeric	10	0	株·样方^-1inds.·quadrat^-1	样方中植物的总株数 The total number of plants in the plot	5
平均胸径 Mean diameter at breast height	数值型 Numeric	10	1	cm	乔木植株的平均胸径, The mean tree diameter at breast height	13.0
平均基径 Mean basal diameter	数值型 Numeric	10	1	cm	灌木植株的平均基径 The mean shrub basal diameter	1.5
平均高度 Mean height	数值型 Numeric	10	1	乔(灌)木层为m; 草本层为cm m for tree (shrub) layer, cm for herb layer	植株的平均高度 The mean plant height	1.6
盖度 Coverage	数值型 Numeric	10	1	%	该植物地上部分的垂直投影面积占样地面积的百分比 The percentage of the vertical projection area of a plant’s aboveground parts relative to the total sample plot area	50.5
优势种 Dominant species	字符型 Character	40			群落各层中最优势的单个或多个植物种类 The most dominant plant species in the community	辽东栎 Quercus wutaishanica
植物种数 Number of species per quadrat	数值型 Numeric	10	0		样方中所观测到的植物种总数 The total number of plant species in the plot	6
密度 Density	数值型 Numeric	10	0	株·hm^-2 inds.·hm²	单位面积上, 植物种的株数 Plant density	10 100
优势种平均高度 Mean height_dominant species	数值型 Numeric	10	2	m	优势种植物的平均高度 Mean height of dominant species	3.00
郁闭度 Canopy density	数值型 Numeric	10	1		冠层投影面积与林地面积的比值 The ratio of the canopy projection area to the plot area	0.8
总盖度 Total vegetation coverage	数值型 Numeric	10	1	%	全部灌木或草本冠层在一定地面所形成的投影面积占地表面积的百分比 The percentage of the canopy projection area of shrubs or herbaceous plants relative to the plot area	50.4

字段名称 Field name	字段类型 Field type	字段长度 Field length	保留小数 Decimal places	字段单位 Field unit	字段定义 Field definition	示例 Example
年 Year	字符型 Character	4			调查年份 Year	2007
月 Month	字符型 Character	2			调查月份 Month	07
日 Day	字符型 Character	2			调查的起始日期 Start date of sampling	21
II级样方号 2nd level plot No.	字符型 Character	10			每个样地固定的10 m × 10 m的II级样方编号 No. of fixed second level plots (10 m × 10 m)	00 (参见图1) (refer to Fig. 1)
样方面积 2nd level plot size	字符型 Character	20		m × m	调查样方的面积 Area of observation plot	乔(灌)木层为10 m × 10 m; 草本层为1 m × 1 m 10 m × 10 m for tree (shrub) layer, 1 m × 1 m for herb layer
株数 Count	数值型 Numeric	10	0	株·样方^-1inds.·quadrat^-1	样方中植物的总株数 The total number of plants in the plot	5
平均胸径 Mean diameter at breast height	数值型 Numeric	10	1	cm	乔木植株的平均胸径, The mean tree diameter at breast height	13.0
平均基径 Mean basal diameter	数值型 Numeric	10	1	cm	灌木植株的平均基径 The mean shrub basal diameter	1.5
平均高度 Mean height	数值型 Numeric	10	1	乔(灌)木层为m; 草本层为cm m for tree (shrub) layer, cm for herb layer	植株的平均高度 The mean plant height	1.6
盖度 Coverage	数值型 Numeric	10	1	%	该植物地上部分的垂直投影面积占样地面积的百分比 The percentage of the vertical projection area of a plant’s aboveground parts relative to the total sample plot area	50.5
优势种 Dominant species	字符型 Character	40			群落各层中最优势的单个或多个植物种类 The most dominant plant species in the community	辽东栎 Quercus wutaishanica
植物种数 Number of species per quadrat	数值型 Numeric	10	0		样方中所观测到的植物种总数 The total number of plant species in the plot	6
密度 Density	数值型 Numeric	10	0	株·hm^-2 inds.·hm²	单位面积上, 植物种的株数 Plant density	10 100
优势种平均高度 Mean height_dominant species	数值型 Numeric	10	2	m	优势种植物的平均高度 Mean height of dominant species	3.00
郁闭度 Canopy density	数值型 Numeric	10	1		冠层投影面积与林地面积的比值 The ratio of the canopy projection area to the plot area	0.8
总盖度 Total vegetation coverage	数值型 Numeric	10	1	%	全部灌木或草本冠层在一定地面所形成的投影面积占地表面积的百分比 The percentage of the canopy projection area of shrubs or herbaceous plants relative to the plot area	50.4

层次 Layer	植物种名 Common name_plant	植物拉丁名 Scientific name_plant	层次 Layer	植物种名 Common name_plant	植物拉丁名 Scientific name_plant
乔木层 Tree layer	辽东栎	Quercus wutaishanica	草本层 Herb layer	斑叶堇菜	Viola variegata
乔木层 Tree layer	黑桦	Betula dahurica		半钟铁线莲	Clematis sibirica var. ochotensis
	五角槭	Acer pictum subsp. mono		北柴胡	Bupleurum chinense
	糠椴	Tilia mandshurica		抱茎小苦荬	Ixeridium sonchifolium
	花曲柳	Fraxinus chinensis subsp. rhynchophylla		贝加尔唐松草	Thalictrum baicalense
	白桦	Betula platyphylla		苍术	Atractylodes lancea
	蒙椴	Tilia mongolica		糙苏	Phlomis umbrosa
	北京花楸	Sorbus discolor		穿龙薯蓣	Dioscorea nipponica
灌木层 Shrub layer	六道木	Abelia biflora		大油芒	Spodiopogon sibiricus
	大花溲疏	Deutzia grandiflora		华北耧斗菜	Aquilegia yabeana
	小花溲疏	Deutzia parviflora		黄菜	Phedimus aizoon
	毛榛	Corylus mandshurica		鸡腿堇菜	Viola acuminata
	金花忍冬	Lonicera chrysantha		宽叶薹草	Carex siderosticta
	巧玲花	Syringa pubescens		蓝萼毛叶香茶菜	Isodon japonicus var. glaucocalyx
	土庄绣线菊	Spiraea pubescens		藜芦	Veratrum nigrum
	绣球绣线菊	Spiraea blumei		铃兰	Convallaria majalis
	卫矛	Euonymus alatus		龙须菜	Asparagus schoberioides
	沙梾	Cornus bretschneider		二苞黄精	Polygonatum involucratum
	鼠李	Rhamnus davurica		蒙古蒿	Artemisia mongolica
	小叶鼠李	Rhamnus parvifolia		牛叠肚	Rubus crataegifolius
	胡枝子	Lespedeza bicolor		球果堇菜	Viola collina
	迎红杜鹃	Rhododendron mucronulatum		歪头菜	Vicia unijuga
	照山白	Rhododendron micranthum		线叶拉拉藤	Galium linearifolium
草本层 Herb layer	野青茅	Deyeuxia pyramidalis		小红菊	Chrysanthemum chanetii
	蒙古风毛菊	Saussurea mongolica		玉竹	Polygonatum odoratum
	三脉紫菀	Aster ageratoides		展枝沙参	Adenophora divaricata
	银背风毛菊	Saussurea nivea		地榆	Sanguisorba officinalis
	白颖薹草	Carex duriuscula subsp. rigescens		东风菜	Doellingeria scabra