Tree and plant occurrence from long-term vegetation plot monitoring in restoration and forest areas, Valparai Plateau, Anamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu, India (2016-2025)
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: The data contain occurrence records of trees, shrubs, herbs, and other plant species from long-term vegetation plot monitoring across restoration and forest areas on the Valparai Plateau and adjoining Anamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu, India (2016–2025). Plots were established as part of the Anamalai Restoration Project (ARP), a long-term programme by Nature Conservation Foundation monitoring ecological restoration of degraded rainforest habitats on the plateau. Vegetation was sampled in 41 sites spanning a range of land-use and restoration treatments: benchmark forest (reference condition), actively restored plots, unrestored areas, eucalyptus plantation, and unrestored control sites, and (experimental) weeding-seeding plots. Three sampling protocols were used: (1) 20×20 m plots recording all trees above a minimum girth threshold (occurrenceRemarks contains girth and height), (2) 5×5 m plots recording woody regeneration, and (3) 20×20 m plots recording categorical cover of ground-layer vegetation (grass, Wedelia, coffee). A total of 20,475 occurrence records spanning 339 plant taxa across four classes (Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida, Pinopsida, Polypodiopsida) are included. Records were collected by 27 field personnel over nine years of monitoring.
DOI: 10.15468/svz7gp
Institution: Nature Conservation Foundation
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7203470720